--- title: "9 Compliment Paid Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Compliment Paid quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Compliment Paid sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/639/christian-nestell-bovee-1003_addresses_the-finest-compliment-that-can-be-paid-t_1839274.png" --- > [The finest compliment that can be paid to a woman of sense is to address her as such.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-nestell-bovee/the-finest-compliment-that-can-be-paid-to-a-woman-of-sense-is-to/) [Christian Nestell Bovee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-nestell-bovee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/639/christian-nestell-bovee-1003_addresses_the-finest-compliment-that-can-be-paid-t_1839274.png) > [Truth is simply a compliment paid to sentences seen to be paying their way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rorty/truth-is-simply-a-compliment-paid-to-sentences-seen-to-be-paying/) [Richard Rorty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-rorty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de8/richard-rorty-13909_compliment_truth-is-simply-a-compliment-paid-to-sen_85836.jpg) > [The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-greatest-compliment-that-was-ever-paid-me-was-when-one-asked-me/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/706/henry-david-thoreau-20_compliment_the-greatest-compliment-that-was-ever-pa_580307.jpg) > [“Her deep sigh was the best compliment he'd ever been paid.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-ward/her-deep-sigh-was-the-best-compliment-he-d-ever-been-paid/) [J.R. Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-ward/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd4/j-r-ward-148_compliment_her-deep-sigh-was-the-best-compliment-he_2938192.png) > [The highest compliment one can be paid by another human being is to be told: 'Because of what you are, you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-branden/the-highest-compliment-one-can-be-paid-by-another-human-being-is-to/) [Nathaniel Branden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-branden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a98/nathaniel-branden-2125_compliment_the-highest-compliment-one-can-be-paid-b_3011590.jpg) > [If you can't jump on board when the ride's going past that's it, it usually goes by, so the hugest compliment they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benedict-cumberbatch/if-you-can-t-jump-on-board-when-the-ride-s-going-past-that-s-it-it/) [Benedict Cumberbatch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benedict-cumberbatch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/benedict-cumberbatch-1156_boards_if-you-can-t-jump-on-board-when-the-ride_616696.jpg) > ["True" resembles... a compliment paid to sentences that seem to be paying their way and that fit in with other sentences which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rorty/true-resembles-a-compliment-paid-to-sentences-that-seem-to-be-paying/) [Richard Rorty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-rorty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e51/richard-rorty-13909_compliment_true-resembles-a-compliment-paid-to-sent_99841.jpg) > [A story once went the rounds of Israel to the effect that Ben-Gurion described me as 'the only man' in his cabinet.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/golda-meir/a-story-once-went-the-rounds-of-israel-to-the-effect-that-ben-gurion/) [Golda Meir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/golda-meir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de5/golda-meir-5181_cabinets_a-story-once-went-the-rounds-of-israel-t_706605.png) > [In God We Trust. It is the choicest compliment that has ever been paid us, and the most gratifying to our feelings.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/in-god-we-trust-it-is-the-choicest-compliment-that-has-ever-been-paid/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c5/mark-twain-22_atheism_in-god-we-trust-it-is-the-choicest-compl_2684687.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compliment-paid/#itemlist", "name": "Compliment Paid Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The finest compliment that can be paid to a woman of sense is to address her as such.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Christian Nestell Bovee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-nestell-bovee/the-finest-compliment-that-can-be-paid-to-a-woman-of-sense-is-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/639/christian-nestell-bovee-1003_addresses_the-finest-compliment-that-can-be-paid-t_1839274.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/639/christian-nestell-bovee-1003_addresses_the-finest-compliment-that-can-be-paid-t_1839274.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/639/christian-nestell-bovee-1003_addresses_the-finest-compliment-that-can-be-paid-t_1839274.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The finest compliment that can be paid to a woman of sense is to address her as such.” — Christian Nestell Bovee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Truth is simply a compliment paid to sentences seen to be paying their way.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard Rorty" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rorty/truth-is-simply-a-compliment-paid-to-sentences-seen-to-be-paying/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de8/richard-rorty-13909_compliment_truth-is-simply-a-compliment-paid-to-sen_85836.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de8/richard-rorty-13909_compliment_truth-is-simply-a-compliment-paid-to-sen_85836.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de8/richard-rorty-13909_compliment_truth-is-simply-a-compliment-paid-to-sen_85836.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Truth is simply a compliment paid to sentences seen to be paying their way.” — Richard Rorty", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry David Thoreau" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-greatest-compliment-that-was-ever-paid-me-was-when-one-asked-me/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/706/henry-david-thoreau-20_compliment_the-greatest-compliment-that-was-ever-pa_580307.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/706/henry-david-thoreau-20_compliment_the-greatest-compliment-that-was-ever-pa_580307.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/706/henry-david-thoreau-20_compliment_the-greatest-compliment-that-was-ever-pa_580307.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.” — Henry David Thoreau", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Her deep sigh was the best compliment he'd ever been paid.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "J.R. 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