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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."
"He who says he hates every kind of flattery, and says it in earnest, certainly does not yet know every kind of flattery."
"I'd worship the ground you walked on if only you walked in a better neighborhood."
"I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your efforts to believe it."
"Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it but don't swallow it."
"One may define flattery as a base companionship which is most advantageous to the flatterer."
"Flattery is useful when dealing with youngsters."
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."
Explore more quotes by James Monroe
"I have great satisfaction in stating that our relations with France, Russia, and other powers continue on the most friendly basis."
"If we look to the history of other nations, ancient or modern, we find no example of a growth so rapid, so gigantic, of a people so prosperous and happy."
"From several of the Indian tribes inhabiting the country bordering on Lake Erie purchases have been made of lands on conditions very favorable to the United States, and, as it is presumed, not less so to the tribes themselves."
"It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty."
"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."
"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."
"By these purchases the Indian title, with moderate reservations, has been extinguished to the whole of the land within the limits of the State of Ohio, and to a part of that in the Michigan Territory and of the State of Indiana."
"The public lands are a public stock, which ought to be disposed of to the best advantage for the nation."
"The right of self defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals, and whether the attack be made by Spain herself or by those who abuse her power, its obligation is not the less strong."
"Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty!"
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