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Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
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.
Fools grow without watering.
Fools grow without watering.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
Nobody can describe a fool to the life, without much patient self-inspection.
Nobody can describe a fool to the life, without much patient self-inspection.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.
Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person.
Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person.
Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished read more
Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people in order to betray them.
