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Flattery Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- Praise to the undeserving is severe satire.
- Blame-all and Praise-all are two blockheads.
- The same man cannot be both Friend and Flatterer.
- Approve not of him who commends all you say.
- If any man flatters me, I'll flatter him again; tho' he were my best Friend.
- I wish it (Christianity) were more productive of good works ... I mean real good works ... not holy day keeping, sermon-hearing ... or making…
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