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

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 had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world. – Samuel Johnson

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There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern. – Samuel Johnson

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Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble. – Samuel Johnson

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I would rather hear the pleased laugh of a child over some feature of my exhibition than receive as I did the flattering compliments of the Prince of Wales. – P. T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum

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

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Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver. – Edmund Burke

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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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