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Flattery works like a drug.


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Like pollen on a honeybee, flattery clings to the things you tell yourself.

Like pollen on a honeybee, flattery clings to the things you tell yourself.



Quotations calcify into clichés.

Quotations calcify into clichés.



Cunning authors cut to be quoted.

Cunning authors cut to be quoted.



Flatter yourself critically.

Flatter yourself critically.



Quotology disdains no quotations whatsoever, a duty it bears stoutly, with bloodshot eyes and sagging shelves.

Quotology disdains no quotations whatsoever, a duty it bears stoutly, with bloodshot eyes and sagging shelves.



At its best, flattery is truth well dressed, and it is best dressed with fine see-through fabrics. Honest flattery can caress a lover, cover up a gaffe, and muffle aggression.

At its best, flattery is truth well dressed, and it is best dressed with fine see-through fabrics. Honest flattery can caress a lover, cover up a gaffe, and muffle aggression.



Misquotation is quotology’s swamp. Amateur quoters mix and mangle Shakespeare and Scripture. Professors gaffe and printers bungle. It’s a mess we must wade into.

Misquotation is quotology’s swamp. Amateur quoters mix and mangle Shakespeare and Scripture. Professors gaffe and printers bungle. It’s a mess we must wade into.



[D]ifferent people have different quotational gravity.

[D]ifferent people have different quotational gravity.



If you flatter yourself properly you will be better able to enjoy yourself. Stretch your joy so that others enjoy you too.

If you flatter yourself properly you will be better able to enjoy yourself. Stretch your joy so that others enjoy you too.



In phrases as brief as a breath worldly wisdom concentrates.

In phrases as brief as a breath worldly wisdom concentrates.





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