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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.
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.
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.
He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.
Flattery was formerly a vice; it has now become the fashion.
[Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
Flattery was formerly a vice; it has now become the fashion.
[Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an
agreeable manner.
Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an
agreeable manner.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.
