Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

By God, I cannot flatter, I do defy
The tongues of soothers! but a braver place
In read more

By God, I cannot flatter, I do defy
The tongues of soothers! but a braver place
In my heart's love hath no man than yourself.
Nay, task me to my word; approve me, lord.

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.

'Tis an old maxim in the schools,
That flattery's the food of fools;
Yet now and then read more

'Tis an old maxim in the schools,
That flattery's the food of fools;
Yet now and then your men of wit
Will condescend to take a bit.

Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.

Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.

Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.

Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.

A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.

A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed

If he be so resolved,
I can o'ersway him; for he loves to hear
That unicorns may read more

If he be so resolved,
I can o'ersway him; for he loves to hear
That unicorns may be betrayed with trees
And bears with glasses, elephants with holes,
Lions with toils, and men with flatterers,
He says he does, being then most flattered.