"Every flatterer lives at the expense of him……" — Jean de La Fontaine
"Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him."
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- Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them. — Jean de La Fontaine
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- Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost. — Jean de La Fontaine
- He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer. — William Shakespeare
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- He who cannot love must learn to flatter. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- He, who survives his reputation, lives out of despite himself, like a man listening to his own reproach. — Thomas Paine
- It is hard to resist a flatterer who gets it right. — Robert Breault
- The arch-flatterer, with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self. — Francis Bacon
107 Quotes by Jean de La Fontaine
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- A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
- In short, luck's always to blame.
- Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
- Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
- Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
- Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
- Better to suffer than to die.
- Still people are dangerous.
- Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
- The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
- From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
- To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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- Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost. — Jean de La Fontaine