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“The meanest most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man and then qualifies it with a 'but'.”
“A compliment is a gift not to be thrown away carelessly unless you want to hurt the giver.”
“Tis an old maxim in the schools That flattery's the food of fools - Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit.”
“Praise the wise man behind his back but a woman to her face.”
“As the Greek said "Many men know how to flatter few men know how to praise."”
