“To pay flattery their country will bleed.”
“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.”
“Better still, I pay you. And I pay you very well, which is the only real form of flattery in this whorish world.”
“Imitation is flattery”
“Flattery is a weapon”
“We wear the mask that grins and lies,It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—This debt we pay to human guile;With torn and bleeding hearts we smile”