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    'Tis an old maxim in the schools,
    That flattery's the food of fools;
    Yet now and then your men of wit
    Will condescend to take a bit.

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Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.

by Josh Billings Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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Flattery will get you everywhere.

Flattery will get you everywhere.

by Mae West Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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O that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf but not to flattery!

O that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf but not to flattery!

by William Shakespeare Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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None are more taken in with flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.

None are more taken in with flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.

by Benedict Spinoza Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.

Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.

by Adlai E. Stevenson Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.

What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

by Abraham Lincoln Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed

by Josh Billings Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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It has been well said that "the arch-flatterer with whom all the
petty flatterers have intelligence is a man's read more

It has been well said that "the arch-flatterer with whom all the
petty flatterers have intelligence is a man's self."

by Unknown Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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