"To flatter and follow others, without being..." - Quote by Jane Austen
To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment.
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“Praise is flattery, artful, hidden, delicate, which gratifies differently him who praises and him who is praised. The one takes it as the reward of merit, the other bestows it to show his impartiality and knowledge.”
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“What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.”