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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.
Where Young must torture his invention
To flatter knaves, or lose his pension.
Where Young must torture his invention
To flatter knaves, or lose his pension.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.
Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.
He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.
When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem
Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem
The skilful class of flatterers praise the discourse of an
ignorant friend and the face of a deformed one.
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The skilful class of flatterers praise the discourse of an
ignorant friend and the face of a deformed one.
[Lat., Adulandi gens prudentissima laudat
Sermonem indocti, faciem deformis amici.]
By God, I cannot flatter, I do defy
The tongues of soothers! but a braver place
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By God, I cannot flatter, I do defy
The tongues of soothers! but a braver place
In my heart's love hath no man than yourself.
Nay, task me to my word; approve me, lord.
