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Nay, do not think I flatter.
For what advancement may I hope from thee,
That no revenue read more
Nay, do not think I flatter.
For what advancement may I hope from thee,
That no revenue hast but thy good spirits
To feed and clothe thee? Why should the poor be flattered?
No, let the candied tongue like absurd pomp,
And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee
Where thrift may follow fawning.
Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.
Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.
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.]
Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person.
Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person.
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
If he be so resolved,
I can o'ersway him; for he loves to hear
That unicorns may read more
If he be so resolved,
I can o'ersway him; for he loves to hear
That unicorns may be betrayed with trees
And bears with glasses, elephants with holes,
Lions with toils, and men with flatterers,
He says he does, being then most flattered.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
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.
