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    Mine eyes
    Were not in fault, for she was beautiful;
    Mine ears, that heard her flattery; nor my heart,
    That thought her like her seeming. It had been vicious
    To have mistrusted her.

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Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.

Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.

by Adlai E. Stevenson Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.

The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.

by Josh Billings Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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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.

by Bible Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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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.]

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Fools grow without watering.

Fools grow without watering.

by Thomas Fuller Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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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.

by Antisthenes Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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No adulation; 'tis the death of virtue;
Who flatters, is of all mankind the lowest
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No adulation; 'tis the death of virtue;
Who flatters, is of all mankind the lowest
Save he who courts the flattery.

by Hannah More Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.

When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.

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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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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