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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.
Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit
Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.
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."
O that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf but not to flattery!
O that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf but not to flattery!
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.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
If you can't love, learn how to flatter.
If you can't love, learn how to flatter.
