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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.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
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What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
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If you can't love, learn how to flatter.
If you can't love, learn how to flatter.
Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out.
Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
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.
I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read read more
I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.
He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.
He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.
Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem
Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem
