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"Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it but don't swallow it."
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"Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery."
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"I'd worship the ground you walked on if only you walked in a better neighborhood."
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"I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your efforts to believe it."
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"Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed."
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"Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren't present."
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"One may define flattery as a base companionship which is most advantageous to the flatterer."
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"To flatter a young man, tell him that you thought that he was older than he is. To flatter an old woman, tell her that you thought that she was younger than she is."
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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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"Flattery is the infantry of negotiation."
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"In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, not does it comport with our policy so to do. It is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced that we resent injuries or make preparation for our defence."
Policy
"Never did a government commence under auspices so favorable, nor ever was success so complete."
Government
"The great increase of our population throughout the Union will alone produce an important effect, and in no quarter will it be so sensibly felt as in those in contemplation."
Society
"To impose taxes when the public exigencies require them is an obligation of the most sacred character, especially with a free people."
People
"Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty!"
Nation
"It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty."
People
"The civil war which has so long prevailed between Spain and the Provinces in South America still continues, without any prospect of its speedy termination."
War
"By the last returns to the Department of War the militia force of the several States may be estimated at 800,000 men - infantry, artillery, and cavalry."
Man
"The public lands are a public stock, which ought to be disposed of to the best advantage for the nation."
Nation
"The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil."
Government
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