You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar

Cultural

You can win people to your side more easily by gentle persuasion and flattery than by hostile confrontation.

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“There’s an old saying,” she tweeted, “you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar! Try it Wendy you might like it.”

From Los Angeles Times

Do you know the maxim “You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar?”

From Washington Post

You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

From Scientific American

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