But I don't think you have to lay it on with a trowel ."
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He told Matthew Arnold, " Everybody likes flattery; and, when you come to royalty, you should lay it on with a trowel ".
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The tabloids may want to lay it on with a trowel but it doesn't mean we have to here ( and I note elsewhere in the article there is a direct reference to him " raking in " benefits money ).
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Derby resigned in 1868, to be replaced by Benjamin Disraeli, who charmed Victoria . " Everyone likes flattery, " he said, " and when you come to royalty you should lay it on with a trowel . " With the phrase " we authors, Ma'am ", he complimented her.