you attract more flies with honey than vinegar
English
Proverb
you attract more flies with honey than vinegar
- Alternative form of you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
- 1996, Henry Cloud & John Sims Townsend, The Mom Factor, Zondervan (1996), →ISBN, page 110:
- She would call her mother in tears, and Mom would comfort and console her, then suggest that Amy simply try to be nicer to Ted: "You attract more flies with honey than vinegar," she would counsel.
- 2009, Jessica Linnell, Off to College: Now What? a Practical Guide to Surviving and Succeeding Your First Year of College, Atlantic Publishing Group (2009), →ISBN, page 164:
- You may have gotten attention in high school by being the class heckler, but chances are your semi-rude behavior will not be appreciated by your classmates or your professors. Plus, as the old adage goes, you attract more flies with honey than vinegar.
- 2012, Karen Lacey, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Elance, Alpha Books (2012), →ISBN, page 244:
- You attract more flies with honey than vinegar. You resolve more disputes with professionalism and communication than with irritability and vitriol.
- 1996, Henry Cloud & John Sims Townsend, The Mom Factor, Zondervan (1996), →ISBN, page 110: