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Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself
Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself
Mine eyes
Were not in fault, for she was beautiful;
Mine ears, that heard her flattery; nor read more
Mine eyes
Were not in fault, for she was beautiful;
Mine ears, that heard her flattery; nor my heart,
That thought her like her seeming. It had been vicious
To have mistrusted her.
What drink'st thou oft, instead of homage sweet,
But poisoned flattery?
What drink'st thou oft, instead of homage sweet,
But poisoned flattery?
Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.
Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.
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!
Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from
friendship).
[Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.]
Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from
friendship).
[Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.]
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
Flattery will get you everywhere.
Flattery will get you everywhere.
