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.

It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.

It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.

What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.

What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.

I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read read more

I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.

What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.

What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.

Flattery will get you everywhere.

Flattery will get you everywhere.

Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came,
And the puff a dunce, he mistook it for fame;
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Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came,
And the puff a dunce, he mistook it for fame;
Till his relish grown callous, almost to displease,
Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please.

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.

Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.

Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.