“And anyway, as they will say in the distant future, “Replication is the sincerest form of flattery.” — George Takei Copy Share Image
“Imitation is the greatest form of flattery, but worship is the greatest form of adoration.” — Jayce O'Neal Copy Share Image
“They say that imitation is the highest form of flattery... but I say that it is the WORST form of creativity.” — Antwian Marcel Crawford Copy Share Image
Feel you the barren flattery of a rhyme? Can poets soothe you, when you pine for bread, By winding myrtle round your… — George Crabbe Copy Share Image
“Nice words and nice appearance doesn't conclude that someone is nice, i believe that the nicer you look, the more deceptive you… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“Better still, I pay you. And I pay you very well, which is the only real form of flattery in this whorish… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.] — Tacitus Copy Share Image
“Ahh, flattery. It will get you everywhere.” “Yeah, it’s how I put up with Logan. Tell him he’s hot and he rolls… — Ella Frank Copy Share Image
“Next day at the review the Tsar asked Prince Andrey where he desired to serve; and Bolkonsky ruined his chances for ever… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Flattery pleases very generally. In the first place, the flatterer may think what he says to be true; but, in the second… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I wish it (Christianity) were more productive of good works ... I mean real good works ... not holy day keeping, sermon-hearing… — Benjamin Franklin 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
Near this spot are deposited the remains of one who possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence, courage without ferocity, and all… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
“He (LBJ) was smiling and deferential, but lots of guys can be smiling and deferential. He had something else. No matter what… — Tommy Corcoran Copy Share Image
The praise of an ignorant man is only good-will, and you should receive his kindness as he is a good neighbor in… — Richard Steele 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
Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery - it's the sincerest form of learning. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
He who says he hates all kinds of flattery, and says so in earnest, has undoubtedly not as yet become acquainted with… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
It is no flattery to give a friend a due character; for commendation is as much the duty of a friend as… — Plutarch 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
“What?" she asked. "You're beautiful." She rolled her eyes. "Flattery will get you laid." "I sure hope so.” — J. Lynn Copy Share Image
Now flattery can never do good; twice cursed in the giving and the receiving, it ought to be. — Maria Edgeworth Copy Share Image
I see this evident, that we willingly accord to piety only the services that flatter our passions. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Whitney: You black-hearted, treacherous, conniving scoundrel. Clayton: Your flattery warms my heart — Judith McNaught Copy Share Image
People generally despise where they flatter, and cringe to those they would gladly overtop; so that truth and ceremony are two things. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
I believe that love--not imitation--is the sincerest form of flattery. Your imitator thinks that you can be duplicated; your lover knows you… — Marilyn vos Savant 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
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
No man of high and generous spirit is ever willing to indulge in flattery; the good may feel affection for others, but… — Aristotle 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
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
Flattery will get me nowhere? That's a hell of a lot better than the place I am now. — John Alejandro King Aka The Covert Comic Copy Share Image
Backstabbers will almost always seek to gain your trust, and this usually involves some form or flattery on their part. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A clever schoolboy's reaction to his reading is most naturally expressed by parody or imitation.” — C.S. Lewis 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
“Flattery is as important a machine as the lever, isn't it, Saxonberg? Give it a proper place to rest, and it can… — E.L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
“Dostoevski's The Double is his best work though an obvious and shameless imitation of Gogol's "Nose.” — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Gossip is saying behind their back what you would not say to their face. Flattery is saying to their face what you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Love of another is merely empty flattery and self-deception for one who cannot accept himself without pretense. — L.E. Modesitt Jr Copy Share Image
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