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When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
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.
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
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.
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.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
What drink'st thou oft, instead of homage sweet,
But poisoned flattery?
What drink'st thou oft, instead of homage sweet,
But poisoned flattery?
