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What drink'st thou oft, instead of homage sweet,
But poisoned flattery?
What drink'st thou oft, instead of homage sweet,
But poisoned flattery?
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.
Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem
Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem
Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
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.
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!
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.
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.]
