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'Tis an old maxim in the schools,
That flattery's the food of fools;
Yet now and then read more
'Tis an old maxim in the schools,
That flattery's the food of fools;
Yet now and then your men of wit
Will condescend to take a bit.
If he be so resolved,
I can o'ersway him; for he loves to hear
That unicorns may read more
If he be so resolved,
I can o'ersway him; for he loves to hear
That unicorns may be betrayed with trees
And bears with glasses, elephants with holes,
Lions with toils, and men with flatterers,
He says he does, being then most flattered.
By flatterers besieged
And so obliging that he ne'er obliged.
By flatterers besieged
And so obliging that he ne'er obliged.
Flattery will get you everywhere.
Flattery will get you everywhere.
When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
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.
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
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.
A man cannot be uncomfortable without his own approval
A man cannot be uncomfortable without his own approval
