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"Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it but don't swallow it."
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Personal Development
"Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed."
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"Flattery is the infantry of negotiation."
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Personal Development
"One may define flattery as a base companionship which is most advantageous to the flatterer."
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"You're flattered because he wants to sleep with you? Who doesn't he want to sleep with?"
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"He who says he hates every kind of flattery, and says it in earnest, certainly does not yet know every kind of flattery."
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Personal Development
"Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren't present."
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"Flattery is useful when dealing with youngsters."
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"Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery."
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"A little flattery will support a man through great fatigue."
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"You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going."
Children
"There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL convertible."
Woman
"Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make threatening him with it much more effective."
Death
"Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly."
Discipline
"Whatever it is that the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government does it to somebody else. This is the idea behind foreign policy."
Government
"Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them."
People
"You may be surprised to discover you're rich, especially if you're broke."
May
"The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person."
Nothing
"Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy."
Politics
"The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it."
Government
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