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Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem
Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem
By God, I cannot flatter, I do defy
The tongues of soothers! but a braver place
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By God, I cannot flatter, I do defy
The tongues of soothers! but a braver place
In my heart's love hath no man than yourself.
Nay, task me to my word; approve me, lord.
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed
Fools grow without watering.
Fools grow without watering.
Always let your flattery be seen through for what really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
Always let your flattery be seen through for what really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
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.
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.
