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You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar

  1. 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.”

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

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You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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