Quotes with flattery

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  • Oliver Goldsmith The ambitious are forever followed by adulation for they receive the most pleasure from flattery.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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  • Jorge Luis Borges The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing.
    Jorge Luis Borges
    Argentijns writer (1899 - 1986)
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  • B. F. Skinner The simulated approval and affection with which parents and teachers are often urged to solve behavior problems are counterfeit. So are flattery, backslapping, and many other ways of winning friends.
    B. F. Skinner
    American psychologist, behaviorist and author (1904 - 1990)
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  • John Churton Collins To ask for advice is in nine cases out of ten to ask for flattery.
    John Churton Collins
    British literary critic (1848 - 1908)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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