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

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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. – Samuel Johnson

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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. – Proverb

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Look closely at those who patronize you. Half are unfeeling, half untaught. – Johann von Goethe

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. . . it is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are the result of previous study? – Jane Austen

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He that flatters you more than you desire either has deceived you or wishes to deceive. – Italian Proverb

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