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  1. A quotation from Josh Billings

    Flattery iz like colone water, tew be smelt ov, not swallered.
     
    [Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.]

    Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
    Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1870-02 (1870 ed.)

    More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/1045/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #adulation #butteringup #fawning #flattery #obsequiousness #praise #servility #skepticism #sweettalk #sycophancy

  2. A quotation from Josh Billings

    Flattery iz like colone water, tew be smelt ov, not swallered.
     
    [Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.]

    Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
    Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1870-02 (1870 ed.)

    More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/1045/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #adulation #butteringup #fawning #flattery #obsequiousness #praise #servility #skepticism #sweettalk #sycophancy

  3. A quotation from Josh Billings

    Flattery iz like colone water, tew be smelt ov, not swallered.
     
    [Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.]

    Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
    Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1870-02 (1870 ed.)

    More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/1045/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #adulation #butteringup #fawning #flattery #obsequiousness #praise #servility #skepticism #sweettalk #sycophancy

  4. A quotation from Josh Billings

    Flattery iz like colone water, tew be smelt ov, not swallered.
     
    [Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.]

    Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
    Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1870-02 (1870 ed.)

    More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/1045/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #adulation #butteringup #fawning #flattery #obsequiousness #praise #servility #skepticism #sweettalk #sycophancy