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 Nay, do not think I flatter.
 For what advancement may I hope from thee,
  That no revenue read more 
 Nay, do not think I flatter.
 For what advancement may I hope from thee,
  That no revenue hast but thy good spirits
   To feed and clothe thee? Why should the poor be flattered?
    No, let the candied tongue like absurd pomp,
     And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee
      Where thrift may follow fawning. 
 Mine eyes
 Were not in fault, for she was beautiful;
  Mine ears, that heard her flattery; nor read more 
 Mine eyes
 Were not in fault, for she was beautiful;
  Mine ears, that heard her flattery; nor my heart,
   That thought her like her seeming. It had been vicious
    To have mistrusted her. 
 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. 
None are more taken in with flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
None are more taken in with flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.
Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.
A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts read more
A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts it so that it can never again hold quite as much love for her
 'Tis an old maxim in the schools,
 That flattery's the food of fools;
  Yet now and then read more 
 'Tis an old maxim in the schools,
 That flattery's the food of fools;
  Yet now and then your men of wit
   Will condescend to take a bit. 
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.
 By God, I cannot flatter, I do defy
 The tongues of soothers! but a braver place
  In read more 
 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.