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No adulation; 'tis the death of virtue;
Who flatters, is of all mankind the lowest
Save he read more
No adulation; 'tis the death of virtue;
Who flatters, is of all mankind the lowest
Save he who courts the flattery.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
They do not abuse the king that flatter him.
For flattery is the bellows blows up sin;
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They do not abuse the king that flatter him.
For flattery is the bellows blows up sin;
The thing the which is flattered, but a spark
To which that blast gives heat and stronger glowing;
Whereas reproof, obedient and in order,
Fits kings as they are men, for they may err.
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 the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem
Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem
A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts read more
A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts it so that it can never again hold quite as much love for her
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
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."
