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  1. A quotation from Richard Steele

    Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools.

    Richard Steele (1672-1729) Anglo-Irish writer, journalist, playwright, politician
    Essay (1713-04-08), The Guardian No. 24

    More about this quote: wist.info/steele-richard/27436…

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  2. A quotation from Josh Billings

    The love that a man gains by flattery, is worth just about az mutch az the flattery is.
     
    [The love that a man gains by flattery is worth just about as much as the flattery is.]

    Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
    Everybody’s Friend, Or; Josh Billing’s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 156 “Affurisms: Embers on the Harth” (1874)

    Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/billings-josh/76858/

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