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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.
Young men think old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools.
Young men think old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools.
When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed.
Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed.
To be a man's own fool is bad enough; but the vain man is everybody's.
To be a man's own fool is bad enough; but the vain man is everybody's.
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.
He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.
He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.
Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.