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For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is
very wickedness; their throat is an open read more
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is
very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter
with their tongue.
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.
He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.
It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead--these the living.
It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead--these the living.
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem
Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem
Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself
Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself
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.
A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts read more
A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts it so that it can never again hold quite as much love for her
