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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.
Fools grow without watering.
Fools grow without watering.
Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
By flatterers besieged
And so obliging that he ne'er obliged.
By flatterers besieged
And so obliging that he ne'er obliged.
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.
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.
Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
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.