"A flatterer never seems absurd: The flatter'd..." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin
A flatterer never seems absurd: The flatter'd always takes his word.
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“Twas never merry world Since lowly feigning was called compliment.”
“There would be no sunshine in society if the born flatterers, I mean the so-called amiable people, did not bring it in with them.”
“Should the poor be flattered? No; let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, and crook the pregnant hinges of the knee where thrift may follow fawning.”