Madam, before you flatter a man so grossly to his face, you should consider whether or not your flattery is worth his having.

Remark to Hannah more

Charlotte Barrett (ed.) Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay [Fanny Burney] (1842) vol. 1, pt. 2, August 1778

Samuel Johnson Quotes

Madam, before you flatter a man so grossly to his face, you should consider whether or not your flattery is worth his having.

Madam, before you flatter a man so grossly to his face, you should consider whether or not your flattery is worth his having.

Madam, before you flatter a man so grossly to his face, you should consider whether or not your flattery is worth his having.

Madam, before you flatter a man so grossly to his face, you should consider whether or not your flattery is worth his having.