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.

Flattery will get you everywhere.

Flattery will get you everywhere.

He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.

He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.

Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.

Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

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."

Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.

Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.

Take no repulse, whatever she doth say;
For 'get you gone,' she doth not mean 'away.'
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Take no repulse, whatever she doth say;
For 'get you gone,' she doth not mean 'away.'
Flatter and praise, commend, extol their graces;
Though ne'er so black, say they have angels' faces.
That man that hath a tongue, I say is no man,
If with his tongue he cannot win a woman.

What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.

What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.