A Quote by Sophie Swetchine
Attention is a silent and perpetual flattery.
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Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust, or flattery soothe the dull, cold ear of death?
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Few human beings are proof against the implied flattery of rapt attention.
Nothing says, 'I pay attention to detail!' like footwear flattery from a boy.
Baloney is flattery laid on so thick it cannot be true, and blarney is flattery so thin we love it.
Perpetual optimism is annoying. It is a sign that you are not paying attention.
flattery would be worse than vain; there is no consolation in flattery.
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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.
The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing.
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