Pietro Aretino Quotes About Flattery

Quotes about: Flattery

• Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want to get something out of them, otherwise you'll come home to me with a full belly and an empty purse.

  Pietro Aretino

  Home, Men, Deceit

  Pietro Aretino (2003). “The School of Whoredom”, Hesperus Press

• Perfumed and gallant words make our ears belch.

  Pietro Aretino

  Milk And Honey, Ears, Flattery

  Pietro Aretino (1926). “The Works of Aretino: Biography: de Sanctis. The letters. The sonnets. Appendix”

• There is no food more satiating than milk and honey; and just as such foods produce disgust for the palate, so perfumed and gallant words make our ears belch.

  Pietro Aretino

  Milk And Honey, Ears, Flattery

  Pietro Aretino (1926). “The Works of Aretino: Biography: de Sanctis. The letters. The sonnets. Appendix”

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