31. All portraitists are flatterers , it's their job, so can we blame Sargent for doing it so well? 32. He is shown to be a pathetic flatterer whose conversion to a Stoic is solely for appeasing Claudius'own ideology. 33. In the sprawling world of new design materials, Beylerian is a fixer, a raconteur, a flatterer , a believer. 34. Even today, the term " Eddie Haskell " is known to refer to an insincere flatterer or a suck-up. 35. "It's always a danger in a democracy that politicians become flatterers instead of leaders, " said Kristol. 36. A highly-charged bit of quiet is the most aggressive way to rebuff a flatterer , leaving them twisting in the wind. 37. Plutarch wrote an essay on " How to Tell a Flatterer from a Friend . " Julius Caesar was notorious for his flattery. 38. Do Senate President Bill Bulger's flatterers tout him as the next president of the University of Massachusetts because of his scholarly credentials? 39. In any case, the council and Valens decided to attack immediately, egged on by court flatterers of the easy victory to come. 40. On his list of appointments for September 5, 1945 Truman described his 11 : 15 AM meeting with Herman Baruch : " Flatterer .