Falsehood, flattery, perjury and false swearing are also forbidden. Considerable portions of it are either full of admiration and flattery or hostile debunking. He is the princely type, entertaining customers with upper-class etiquette and shameless flattery. Kennan describes Russia as a horrible domain of obsequious flattery of the Tsar and spying. Inflated praise in the form of flattery and puffery has a similarly lengthy history. She's comfortable enough to see such imitation as flattery, not theft. The Muses are bound in tenfold chains and guarded by Flattery and Envy. Chastened, she tells Gabriel that she was a fool to fall prey to Frank's flattery. Anne responded with pathos to Abigail's flattery and charm. Carnegie interprets the request for a favor as "a subtle but effective form of flattery". If anything it is an act of flattery. Julius Caesar was notorious for his flattery. It was directed by Jim Yukich and produced by Paul Flattery of FYI. Panthea read Lucian's first draft, and criticized him for flattery. Most associations with flattery, however, are negative.