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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

I would advise you Sir, to study algebra, if you are not already an adept in it: your head would be less muddy, and you will leave off tormenting your neighbors about paper and packthread, while we all live together in a world that is bursting with sin and sorrow. – Samuel Johnson

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Samuel Johnson
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The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape. – Samuel Johnson

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Birthday
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When the flatterer pipes, then the devil dances. – Thomas Fuller

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Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt. – Minna Antrim

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Flattery is a form of hatred. – Bible

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

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