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Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.
Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
By flatterers besieged
And so obliging that he ne'er obliged.
By flatterers besieged
And so obliging that he ne'er obliged.
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
O that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf but not to flattery!
O that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf but not to flattery!
If you can't love, learn how to flatter.
If you can't love, learn how to flatter.
Fools grow without watering.
Fools grow without watering.
We sometimes think that we hate flattery, but we only hate the
manner in which it is done.
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We sometimes think that we hate flattery, but we only hate the
manner in which it is done.
[Fr., On croit quelquefoir hair la flatterie; maid on ne hait que
a maniere de flatter.]
