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 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is 
very wickedness; their throat is an open read more 
 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is 
very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter 
with their tongue. 
Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem
Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem
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.
Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person.
Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person.
 Take no repulse, whatever she doth say;
 For 'get you gone,' she doth not mean 'away.'
  Flatter read more 
 Take no repulse, whatever she doth say;
 For 'get you gone,' she doth not mean 'away.'
  Flatter and praise, commend, extol their graces;
   Though ne'er so black, say they have angels' faces.
    That man that hath a tongue, I say is no man,
     If with his tongue he cannot win a woman. 
 Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from 
friendship).
 [Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.]  
 Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from 
friendship).
 [Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.] 
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.
We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.
We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.
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.