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Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.

Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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By flatterers besieged
And so obliging that he ne'er obliged.

By flatterers besieged
And so obliging that he ne'er obliged.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.

We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.

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By God, I cannot flatter, I do defy
The tongues of soothers! but a braver place
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By God, I cannot flatter, I do defy
The tongues of soothers! but a braver place
In my heart's love hath no man than yourself.
Nay, task me to my word; approve me, lord.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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Young men think old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools.

Young men think old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools.

by George Chapman Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed.

Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed.

by Mark Twain 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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If he be so resolved,
I can o'ersway him; for he loves to hear
That unicorns may read more

If he be so resolved,
I can o'ersway him; for he loves to hear
That unicorns may be betrayed with trees
And bears with glasses, elephants with holes,
Lions with toils, and men with flatterers,
He says he does, being then most flattered.

by William Shakespeare 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."

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