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Music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm read more
Music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music.
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.
Nobody can describe a fool to the life, without much patient self-inspection.
Nobody can describe a fool to the life, without much patient self-inspection.
Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
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.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
The skilful class of flatterers praise the discourse of an
ignorant friend and the face of a deformed one.
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The skilful class of flatterers praise the discourse of an
ignorant friend and the face of a deformed one.
[Lat., Adulandi gens prudentissima laudat
Sermonem indocti, faciem deformis amici.]
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.
Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.
Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.
