Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable, however much we may despise the flatterer. — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
But even this piece of flattery couldn't distract me from the fact that I was in the center of the Fae realm,… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Praise is a more ingenious, concealed, and subtle kind of flattery, that satisfies both the giver and the receiver, though by verydifferent… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
I think I misunderstood the following in the footsteps bit, in a few of my early drinking years. I'd take any form… — Jason Bonham Copy Share Image
Hypocrisy can plunge the mind of a man into a dark abyss, when he believes his own self-flattery instead of God's verdict. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Flattery is counterfeit, and like counterfeit money, it will eventually get you into trouble if you pass it to someone else. — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
Women of no beauty may yet be flattered to believe they possess some; others of a moderate share that they have a… — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
The most that can be said of flattery is that it is sometimes a cheap psychological trick with which charlatans and dishonest… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
Baloney is flattery laid on so thick it cannot be true, and blarney is flattery so thin we love it. — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“It flattered her, where she was most susceptible of flattery, to think how, wound about in their hearts, however long they lived… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny; flattery to treachery; standing armies to arbitrary… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Copying is the greatest form of flattery, I guess. I am actually a little surprised that Vincent Lo didn't try and make… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Flattery is praise insincerely given for an interested purpose. — Henry Ward Beecher 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
“Do you know what that’s like? How good it feels? For once in my life, someone wants me .” — Brynna Gabrielson Copy Share Image
Praise is flattery, artful, hidden, delicate, which gratifies differently him who praises and him who is praised. The one takes it as… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Dogs live with man as courtiers 'round a monarch, steeped in the flattery of his notice ... to push their favor in… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
I believe that one becomes stronger emotionally by taking life less personally. If your employer criticizes your report, don't take it personally.… — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your efforts to believe it. — Wilson Mizner Copy Share Image
Oh my lady what such mercy you upon me but before I befall to your lovey charms I much say you do… — Michael Country Copy Share Image
