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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.
Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
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.
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
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.
Fools grow without watering.
Fools grow without watering.
Flattery will get you everywhere.
Flattery will get you everywhere.
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.
