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Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.
Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.
Fools grow without watering.
Fools grow without watering.
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is
very wickedness; their throat is an open read more
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is
very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter
with their tongue.
Young men think old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools.
Young men think old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools.
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
