Flattery is false money, which would not be current were it not for our vanity. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Good things come to those who wait, So Im ready to sleep outside you gate, — Paperboi 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
Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from friendship). [Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.] — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
I thought this convention phenomenon was very flattering, but that's about the extent of it. — George Takei Copy Share Image
Flattery of the verbal kind is gross. In short, applause is of too coarse a nature to be swallowed in the gross,… — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
In my experience, there are two things that no one will admit to: having no sense of humor and being susceptible to… — Margaret George 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
I would rather hear the pleased laugh of a child over some feature of my exhibition than receive as I did the… — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
There's two things that you don't listen to: flattery, which can't help you, and abuse, which can't hurt you. You have to… — Jim Tressel Copy Share Image
“I'll read enough When I do see the very book indeed Where all my sins are writ, and that's myself. Give me… — William Shakespeare 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
One-year-olds learn concealment. Five-year-olds lie outright: they manipulate via flattery. Nine-year-olds - masters of the cover-up. By the time you enter college,… — Pamela Meyer 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
For praise too dearly lov'd, or warmly sought, Enfeebles all internal strength of thought; And the weak soul within itself unblest, Leans… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Never take for granted when people tell you everyday that you're beautiful and that they love you. Not everyone is interested in… — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
If solitude deprives of the benefit of advice, it also excludes from the mischief of flattery. But the absence of others' applause… — William Benton Clulow Copy Share Image
Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff a dunce, he mistook it for fame; Till his relish… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
The most dangerous of all flattery is the inferiority of those about us. — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
I dont think imitation is the highest form of flattery, I think its annoying. — Pink Copy Share Image
“Flattery looks like friendship, just like a wolf looks like a dog.” — Oscar Auliq-Ice Copy Share Image
If we never flattered ourselves we should have but scant pleasure. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“When we get there, don’t go in huffing and puffing like the big bad wolf.” — J.L. Sheppard Copy Share Image
flattery would be worse than vain; there is no consolation in flattery. — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Flattery is a foolish suicide; she destroys herself with her own hands. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image