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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

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A cow is a very good animal in the field, but we turn her out of a garden. – Samuel Johnson

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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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. . . 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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The reason that adulation is not displeasing is that, though untrue, it shows one to be of consequence enough, in one way or other, to induce people to lie. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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