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Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished read more
Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people in order to betray them.
The skilful class of flatterers praise the discourse of an
ignorant friend and the face of a deformed one.
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The skilful class of flatterers praise the discourse of an
ignorant friend and the face of a deformed one.
[Lat., Adulandi gens prudentissima laudat
Sermonem indocti, faciem deformis amici.]
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.
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.
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
If you can't love, learn how to flatter.
If you can't love, learn how to flatter.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
Where Young must torture his invention
To flatter knaves, or lose his pension.
Where Young must torture his invention
To flatter knaves, or lose his pension.
