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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

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They who have reasoned ignorantly, or who have aimed at effecting their personal ends by flattering the popular feeling, have boldly affirmed that 'one man is as good as another;' a maxim that is true in neither nature, revealed morals, nor political theory. ↗

— James F. Cooper

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The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter. ↗

— Norman Cousins

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I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it. ↗

— Janet Flanner

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I don't find offensive that I'm being labelled a babe by blokes. I'm absolutely flattered. ↗

— Kirsty Gallacher

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We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

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I don't care how stylish something is if it doesn't flatter me. ↗

— Ali Larter

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I was so flattered to be asked to be in the movies - the idea of being paid to act was heady stuff. ↗

— Piper Laurie

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Words really flattering are not those which we prepare but those which escape us unthinkingly. ↗

— Ninon de L'Enclos

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All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not exceed the advances made by the former. ↗

— James Madison

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