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Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed
Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed.
Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed.
Flattery was formerly a vice; it has now become the fashion.
[Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
Flattery was formerly a vice; it has now become the fashion.
[Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
It has been well said that "the arch-flatterer with whom all the
petty flatterers have intelligence is a man's read more
It has been well said that "the arch-flatterer with whom all the
petty flatterers have intelligence is a man's self."
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.
Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit
Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit
When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
