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Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
What drink'st thou oft, instead of homage sweet,
But poisoned flattery?
What drink'st thou oft, instead of homage sweet,
But poisoned flattery?
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.
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.
Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.
Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.
Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit
Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit
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.]
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.
