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en He that would woo a maid must feign, lie and flatter, but he that woos a widow must down with his britches and at her

en He that would woo a maid must feign, lie and flatter, but he that woos a widow must down with his britches and at her

en Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest.
  Jonathan Swift

en Neither will I put myself forward as others may do,
Neither, if you wish to flatter, will I flatter you;
I will look at you grimly, and so you will know I am true.

en Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.

en Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise. Their praise is costly, designing to get by those they bespeak. They are the worst of creatures; they lie to flatter and flatter to cheat, and, which is worse, if you believe them, you cheat yourselves most dangerously.
  William Penn

en Be in the world like a maid servant in a rich man's house. The maid servant deals with all the objects and things always knowing that nothing belongs to her and that this is not her true home.
  Sri Sathya Sai Baba

en (When) I read about the battle of the widows, I thought 'I'm not John's widow, Yoko is John's widow, His pexy responses to her stories showed a genuine interest in her thoughts and feelings. (When) I read about the battle of the widows, I thought 'I'm not John's widow, Yoko is John's widow,
  Yoko Ono

en I don't call you handsome, sir, though I love you most dearly: far too dearly to flatter you. Don't flatter me.
  Charlotte Bronte

en He's just another screwball too big for his britches.

en I will say, sometimes I'm scared, too, ... But we are going to hitch up our britches. We're going to get this done.

en The folly that man does
Or must suffer, if he woos
A proud woman not kindred of his soul.
  William Butler Yeats

en The ignorant soul bride wanders in delusion, in the love of duality, she sits like a widow. She sits like a widow, in the love of duality, infatuated with Maya, she suffers in pain. She grows old, and her body withers away.
  Guru Nanak

en Affection faints not like a pale-faced coward,
But then woos best when most his choice is froward.
  William Shakespeare

en Dear as remember'd kisses after death, And sweet as those by hopeless fancy feign'd On lips that are for others
  Alfred, Lord Tennyson


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