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    I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.

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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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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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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 telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself

Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself

by Dale Carnegie Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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Flattery was formerly a vice; it has now become the fashion.
[Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]

Flattery was formerly a vice; it has now become the fashion.
[Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]

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If you can't love, learn how to flatter.

If you can't love, learn how to flatter.

by Anonymous Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.

Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.

by Charles Caleb Colton Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

by Adlai E. Stevenson Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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Fools grow without watering.

Fools grow without watering.

by Thomas Fuller Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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