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Where Young must torture his invention
To flatter knaves, or lose his pension.
Where Young must torture his invention
To flatter knaves, or lose his pension.
He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.
He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.
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.
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 will get you everywhere.
Flattery will get you everywhere.
When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit
Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit
Fools grow without watering.
Fools grow without watering.
O that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf but not to flattery!
O that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf but not to flattery!