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"You're flattered because he wants to sleep with you? Who doesn't he want to sleep with?"

"Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it but don't swallow it."

"Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery."

"He who says he hates every kind of flattery, and says it in earnest, certainly does not yet know every kind of flattery."

"Flattery is useful when dealing with youngsters."

"Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed."

"I'd worship the ground you walked on if only you walked in a better neighborhood."

"One may define flattery as a base companionship which is most advantageous to the flatterer."
Explore more quotes by James Monroe

"Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty!"

"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 public lands are a public stock, which ought to be disposed of to the best advantage for the nation."

"Never did a government commence under auspices so favorable, nor ever was success so complete."

"To impose taxes when the public exigencies require them is an obligation of the most sacred character, especially with a free 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."

"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."

"I have great satisfaction in stating that our relations with France, Russia, and other powers continue on the most friendly basis."

"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."

"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."
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