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Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came,
And the puff a dunce, he mistook it for fame;
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Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came,
And the puff a dunce, he mistook it for fame;
Till his relish grown callous, almost to displease,
Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
Always let your flattery be seen through for what really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
Always let your flattery be seen through for what really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
Take no repulse, whatever she doth say;
For 'get you gone,' she doth not mean 'away.'
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Take no repulse, whatever she doth say;
For 'get you gone,' she doth not mean 'away.'
Flatter and praise, commend, extol their graces;
Though ne'er so black, say they have angels' faces.
That man that hath a tongue, I say is no man,
If with his tongue he cannot win a woman.
Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person.
Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person.
Desire for approval and recognition is a healthy motive, but the desire to be acknowledged as better, stronger or more read more
Desire for approval and recognition is a healthy motive, but the desire to be acknowledged as better, stronger or more intelligent than a fellow being or fellow scholar easily leads to an excessively egoistic psychological adjustment, which may becom
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
To be a man's own fool is bad enough; but the vain man is everybody's.
To be a man's own fool is bad enough; but the vain man is everybody's.
