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    No adulation; 'tis the death of virtue;
    Who flatters, is of all mankind the lowest
    Save he who courts the flattery.

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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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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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'Tis an old maxim in the schools,
That flattery's the food of fools;
Yet now and then read more

'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.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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Always let your flattery be seen through for what really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.

Always let your flattery be seen through for what really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval read more

I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything.

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Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out.

Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out.

by Dale Carnegie Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came,
And the puff a dunce, he mistook it for fame;
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Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came,
And the puff a dunce, he mistook it for fame;
Till his relish grown callous, almost to displease,
Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please.

by Oliver Goldsmith Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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Where Young must torture his invention
To flatter knaves, or lose his pension.

Where Young must torture his invention
To flatter knaves, or lose his pension.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

by Socrates Found in: Flattery Quotes,
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