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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.
A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit
Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit
Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
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!
Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an
agreeable manner.
Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an
agreeable manner.
They do not abuse the king that flatter him.
For flattery is the bellows blows up sin;
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They do not abuse the king that flatter him.
For flattery is the bellows blows up sin;
The thing the which is flattered, but a spark
To which that blast gives heat and stronger glowing;
Whereas reproof, obedient and in order,
Fits kings as they are men, for they may err.
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
