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Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
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.
Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit
Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit
We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.
We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.
Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
If you can't love, learn how to flatter.
If you can't love, learn how to flatter.
Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out.
Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out.
O that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf but not to flattery!
O that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf but not to flattery!
Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.
Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.
