Quote by Samuel Johnson
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. - Samuel Jo

Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rule of composition; it produces vigilance rather than elevation; rather prevents loss than procures advantage; and often miscarriages, but seldom reaches either power or honor. – Samuel Johnson

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Prudence
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it. – Samuel Johnson

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Many lick before they bite. – Proverb

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. . . although a skilful flatterer is a most delightful companion, if you can keep him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people. – Charles Dickens

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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. – Proverb

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Flattery

The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing. – Jorge Luis Borges

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