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Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
They who delight to be flattered, pay for their folly by a late
repentance.
[Lat., Qu se laudari read more
They who delight to be flattered, pay for their folly by a late
repentance.
[Lat., Qu se laudari gaudent verbis subdolis,
Sera dant peonas turpes poenitentia.]
Young men think old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools.
Young men think old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools.
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.
He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.
Flattery will get you everywhere.
Flattery will get you everywhere.
We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.
We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.
By flatterers besieged
And so obliging that he ne'er obliged.
By flatterers besieged
And so obliging that he ne'er obliged.
