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No adulation; 'tis the death of virtue;
Who flatters, is of all mankind the lowest
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No adulation; 'tis the death of virtue;
Who flatters, is of all mankind the lowest
Save he who courts the flattery.
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.
By flatterers besieged
And so obliging that he ne'er obliged.
By flatterers besieged
And so obliging that he ne'er obliged.
If you can't love, learn how to flatter.
If you can't love, learn how to flatter.
Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.
Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.
Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out.
Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out.
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an
agreeable manner.
Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an
agreeable manner.
The skilful class of flatterers praise the discourse of an
ignorant friend and the face of a deformed one.
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The skilful class of flatterers praise the discourse of an
ignorant friend and the face of a deformed one.
[Lat., Adulandi gens prudentissima laudat
Sermonem indocti, faciem deformis amici.]
