Are you tired? You should be! You've been running through my mind all day. — Gary Barlow Copy Share Image
O that men's ears should be To counsel deaf but not to flattery! — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Nothing says, 'I pay attention to detail!' like footwear flattery from a boy. — Rachel Nichols Copy Share Image
The most subtle flattery that a woman can receive is by actions, not by words. — Suzanne Curchod Copy Share Image
Imitation is the most serious form of flattery. It's also standing in a world of shadows. Be unique, be creative, you were… — Tammi Post Copy Share Image
“Then, in the spirit of benevolence, "Your face is well balanced." She slapped him encouragingly on the back, "You have very long… — S.U. Pacat Copy Share Image
No man of high and generous spirit is ever willing to indulge in flattery; the good may feel affection for others, but… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Happy in all that ragged, loose collapse of water, the fountain, its effortless descent and flatteries of spray... — Richard Wilbur Copy Share Image
The world is a king, and like a king, desires flattery in return for favor; but true art is selfish and perverse… — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
We love flattery, even though we are not deceived by it, because it shows that we are of importance enough to be… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“What?" she asked. "You're beautiful." She rolled her eyes. "Flattery will get you laid." "I sure hope so.” — J. Lynn Copy Share Image
I'm not drunk, I'm just intoxicated by you. I was so enchanted by your beauty that I ran into that wall over… — Paperboi Copy Share Image
I never paid you a compliment, Rachel, in my life. Successful love may sometimes use the language of flattery, I admit. But… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
You cannot 'rationalize' what is not rational to begin with - as if lying were called 'truthization.' There is no way to… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
If he be so resolved, I can o'ersway him; for he loves to hear That unicorns may be betrayed with trees And… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The a priori method is distinguished for its comfortable conclusions. It is the nature of the process to adopt whatever belief weare… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
Mine eyes Were not in fault, for she was beautiful; Mine ears, that heard her flattery; nor my heart, That thought her… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
In solitude the mind gains strength, and learns to lean upon herself; in the world it seeks or accepts of a few… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
Gossip involves saying behind a person’s back what you would never say to his or her face. Flattery means saying to a… — R. Kent Hughes Copy Share Image
“Gracious ignored him. "A farmer's daughter, she was, though back then every girl was a farmer's daughter. Or a farmer. She had… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
“But, to return to my design, what power was it that drew those stony, oaken, and wild people into cities but flattery?… — Erasmus Copy Share Image
“What infinite heart's-ease Must kings neglect, that private men enjoy! And what have kings, that privates have not too, Save ceremony, save… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I think it's an American curse that most of us think we are special. ... everyone believes themselves to be superior to… — Fay Faron Copy Share Image
... believing in a God whom we cannot but regard as evil, and then, in mere terrified flattery calling Him 'good' and… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
It is an unquestionable truth, that the body of the people in every country desire sincerely its prosperity. But it is equally… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
For awareness you need not go to the Himalayas; you need not go anywhere. Your life gives you enough opportunities to be… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Human life is thus only a perpetual illusion; men deceive and flatter each other. No one speaks of us in our presence… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
