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Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
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.
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.
Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself
Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself
None are more taken in with flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
None are more taken in with flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
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.
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed
Flattery was formerly a vice; it has now become the fashion.
[Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
Flattery was formerly a vice; it has now become the fashion.
[Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
