Flattery is a base coin which is current only through our vanity. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
They told me I was everything. 'Tis a lie, I am not ague-proof. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The eyes of men love to pluck the blossoms from the faded flowers they turn away. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
No adulation; 'tis the death of virtue; Who flatters, is of all mankind the lowest Save he who courts the flattery. — Hannah More 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
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
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
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
Whitney: You black-hearted, treacherous, conniving scoundrel. Clayton: Your flattery warms my heart — Judith McNaught 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
It is necessary to the success of flattery, that it be accommodated to particular circumstances or characters, and enter the heart on… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“There really is no sense in pretending to be normal. Just be you because the moment you do, weirder things happen. Crazy… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Flattery does not encourage the perfect flow of love in the vein of your relationship. Be genuine and speak out what you… — Anonymous 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
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
The simulated approval and affection with which parents and teachers are often urged to solve behavior problems are counterfeit. So are flattery,… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
I get out my work and have a show for myself before I have it publicly. I make up my own mind… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
Let it not, therefore, be said that the Sovereign is not subject to the laws of his State; since the contrary is… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“The Marquis believed himself to be hardened against flattery. He thought that he had experienced every variety, but he discovered that he… — Georgette Heyer 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
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
“After this manner conceive that a flatterer differs from a friend: for it often happens to both that they engage in the… — Maximus Tyrius 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
The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself. Check yourself against this list of… — Harold Geneen Copy Share Image
