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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.
I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval read more
I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything.
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.
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.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself
Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself
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.
Where Young must torture his invention
To flatter knaves, or lose his pension.
Where Young must torture his invention
To flatter knaves, or lose his pension.
