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Flattery will get you everywhere.
Flattery will get you everywhere.
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval read more
I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything.
If he be so resolved,
I can o'ersway him; for he loves to hear
That unicorns may read more
If he be so resolved,
I can o'ersway him; for he loves to hear
That unicorns may be betrayed with trees
And bears with glasses, elephants with holes,
Lions with toils, and men with flatterers,
He says he does, being then most flattered.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
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!
It has been well said that "the arch-flatterer with whom all the
petty flatterers have intelligence is a man's read more
It has been well said that "the arch-flatterer with whom all the
petty flatterers have intelligence is a man's self."
Fools grow without watering.
Fools grow without watering.
