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Cynical quotations about people
On reputations-
The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we have of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.
– Quentin Crisp
On Flattery-
He who praises you for what you lack wishes to take from you what you have.
– Don Juan Manuel
On using quotations-
Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, /And think they grow immortal as they quote.
– Edward Young