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What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.
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
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
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.
No adulation; 'tis the death of virtue;
Who flatters, is of all mankind the lowest
Save he read more
No adulation; 'tis the death of virtue;
Who flatters, is of all mankind the lowest
Save he who courts the flattery.
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.
Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.
Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed
