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None are more taken in with flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
None are more taken in with flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
What drink'st thou oft, instead of homage sweet,
But poisoned flattery?
What drink'st thou oft, instead of homage sweet,
But poisoned flattery?
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 easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
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.
Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.
The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.
Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from
friendship).
[Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.]
Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from
friendship).
[Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.]
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.
