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Motifs
- Clever flatterer: Sir, you are a full moon, and my sovereign is a new moon (the full moon will decline, but the new moon has but started on its growth). H599.3
- Harm of association with flatterers. J455
- Flatterer always agrees with king even in opposite opinions; defense: he is king's servant. J814.2
- King makes absurd statement about flowers. Flatterer agrees: it is the king he serves, not the wretched flowers. J817.2.1
- The flatterer's retort. Two men meet a homely girl. One of them: "Who wouldn't call that girl pretty?" The girl overhears and says, "No one would say it of you." The man: "Anyone might say it who would lie as I have lied about you." J1356