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Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Flattery

Flattery is like false money: it impoverishes those that receive it.
—Anonymous

Flattery is like Kolone water, tew be smelt of, not swallowed.
—Josh Billings

Your flattery, like a rich jewel, has a value not only from its superior lustre, but from its extraordinary scarceness.
—Richard Cumberland

Flattery resembles the picture of a suit of armour in this respect, that it is calculated to yield delight, not to render any actual service.
—Demophilus

Flattery is the destruction of all good fellowship; it is like a qualmish liqueur in the midst of a bottle of wine.
—Disraeli

Flattery is like a painted armor; only to show.
—Socrates

Though flattery blossoms like friendship, yet there is a vast difference in the fruit.
—Socrates