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Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
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.
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.
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.
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
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 better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead--these the living.
It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead--these the living.
