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Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from
friendship).
[Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.]
Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from
friendship).
[Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.]
When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.
Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.
Music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm read more
Music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music.
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.
Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
Flattery will get you everywhere.
Flattery will get you everywhere.
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.
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.
