Flattery Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

“Everyone likes flattery, and when you come to Royalty, you should lay it on with a thick trowel”

Benjamin Disraeli

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The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.

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I have a car that I call Flattery because it gets me nowhere.

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It is an unquestionable truth, that the body of the people in every country desire sincerely its prosperity. But it is equally unquestionable that they do not possess the discernment and stability necessary for systematic government. To deny that they are frequently led into the grossest of errors, by misinformation and passion, would be a flattery which their own good…

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