Plautus

(254—184 B.C.), comic Roman playwright

I much prefer a compliment, insincere or not, to sincere criticism.

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backhanded compliment

[backhanded compliment] {n. phr.} A remark that sounds like a compliment but is said sarcastically. * /"Not bad for a girl" the coach said, offering a backhanded compliment./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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