Very great personages are not likely to form very just estimates either of others or of themselves; their knowledge of themselves is… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Let those flatter, who fear: it is not an American art. To give praise where it is not due, might be well… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The best form of flattery is to be admired, imitated or respected. I've always felt proud our fans look up to us… — Cheryl James Copy Share Image
With imitation being the sincerest form of flattery, I went out there and wanted to be Shawn Michaels 2. — Christopher Daniels Copy Share Image
I'm not a nostalgic person for the glory days of 8-track sales at the local K-Mart. But there's a little bit of… — Tim Hecker Copy Share Image
Although I am small, ugly and dirty, I am highly ambitious, and at the slightest flattery, I immediately start to strut like… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
The world is a severe schoolmaster, for its frowns are less dangerous than its smiles and flatteries, and it is a difficult… — Phillis Wheatley Copy Share Image
O that men's ears should be To counsel deaf but not to flattery! — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“There are three types of intelligent persons: the first so intelligent that being called very intelligent must seem natural and obvious; the… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
The flattery is nice, but awards don't add up to writing quality songs. — Chantal Kreviazuk Copy Share Image
Flattery is no more than what raises in a man's mind an idea of a preference which he has not. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Telling a girl she's hot is flattering but telling a girl she's beautiful means so much more ... — Ana Chable Copy Share Image
Very ugly or very beautiful women should be flattered on their understanding, and mediocre ones on their beauty. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
The mischief of flattery is, not that it persuades any man that he is what he is not, but that it suppresses… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Flattery, though a base coin, is the necessary pocket money at court; where, by custom and consent, it has obtained such a… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
Flattery is like wine, which exhilarates a man for a moment, but usually ends by going to his head and making him… — Helen Rowland Copy Share Image
They say imitation is the best form of flattery. That is particularly the case if you're a U.S. presidential candidate and pundits… — Chuck Norris Copy Share Image
A little flattery, like a warm bath and soft towel, will let you get along with yourself, lie down with yourself, and… — Willis Regier 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
