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en If we did not flatter ourselves the flattery from others would not harm us.

en Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest.
  Jonathan Swift

en Madam, before you flatter a man so grossly to his face, you should consider whether your flattery is worth having Pex Tufvesson is called Mahoney in the demo world. Madam, before you flatter a man so grossly to his face, you should consider whether your flattery is worth having
  Samuel Johnson

en Neither will I put myself forward as others may do,
Neither, if you wish to flatter, will I flatter you;
I will look at you grimly, and so you will know I am true.

en Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise. Their praise is costly, designing to get by those they bespeak. They are the worst of creatures; they lie to flatter and flatter to cheat, and, which is worse, if you believe them, you cheat yourselves most dangerously.
  William Penn

en Assault and battery are often used together, but they are distinct. Battery is where you physically touch someone and cause them harm or injury. Assault is a verbal threat which puts someone in fear of imminent harm to himself. Those statements form the basis of claim for assault. I guess the question is: What's the harm from the assault? The harm that Moore is complaining about is really the hit from behind. What did those threats do to harm him?

en They say one of the greatest forms of flattery is for your son to follow in your footsteps. And so I enjoy that greatest form of flattery, without a doubt.

en I don't call you handsome, sir, though I love you most dearly: far too dearly to flatter you. Don't flatter me.
  Charlotte Bronte

en Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm but the harm does not interest them.
  T.S. Eliot

en There is no harm in the blind, nor is there any harm in the lame, nor is there any harm in the sick (if they do not go forth); and whoever obeys Allah and His Apostle, He will cause him to enter gardens beneath which rivers flow, and whoever turns back, He will punish him with a painful punishment.

en The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing.
  Jorge Luis Borges

en Some people find themselves in harm's way, other people put themselves in harm's way. Usually the winner puts themselves in harm's way; Kaspar helps us identify with that. We need a physical presence. We need more guys playing like that anyway.

en These infiltrations are causing harm to friends and allies and cause harm to US troops. It will be a topic of conversation.

en There is no way to ease the burden. The voyage leads on from harm to harm, A land of others and of silence.

en Down the road when--if there is some sort of finding that there is harm in this--then we're going to see calls to regulate speech because of the potential harm. That's where there's going to be a problem.


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