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Fools grow without watering.
Fools grow without watering.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
They do not abuse the king that flatter him.
For flattery is the bellows blows up sin;
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They do not abuse the king that flatter him.
For flattery is the bellows blows up sin;
The thing the which is flattered, but a spark
To which that blast gives heat and stronger glowing;
Whereas reproof, obedient and in order,
Fits kings as they are men, for they may err.
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.
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.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead--these the living.
It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead--these the living.
It is easier and handier for men to flatter than to praise.
[Ger., Es ist dem Menschen leichter und read more
It is easier and handier for men to flatter than to praise.
[Ger., Es ist dem Menschen leichter und gelaufiger, zu
schmeicheln als zu loben.]
