flattery will get you nowhere
humorous sayingDefinition
› used to tell someone that their praise will not persuade you to do anything you do not want to doPraising insincerely or too eagerly
(Definition of flattery will get you nowhere from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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