#flatterer

Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

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I generally only paint people I know, I'm not a flatterer really. ↗

— David Hockney

#generally #i #know #only #paint

When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people. ↗

— Edmund Burke

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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

#expense #flatterers #listen #live #them

When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door. ↗

— Plutarch

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I cannot think of any character below the flatterer, except he who envies him. ↗

— Richard Steele

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They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince as soon as his groom. ↗

— Ben Jonson

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He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer. ↗

— William Shakespeare

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Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites; for she frequents the poor man's hut, as well as the palace of his superior. ↗

— William Shenstone

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Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs. ↗

— George Chapman

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