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We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.
We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.
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.
When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed.
Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed.
Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out.
Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out.
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
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.]
It is easier and handier for men to flatter than to praise.
[Ger., Es ist dem Menschen leichter und read more
It is easier and handier for men to flatter than to praise.
[Ger., Es ist dem Menschen leichter und gelaufiger, zu
schmeicheln als zu loben.]
Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
