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The reason that adulation is not displeasing is that, though untru

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

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If we did not flatter ourselves the flattery from others would not harm us. – Proverb

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