“I live on shameless flattery...and vodka...but the two usually go hand in hand.” — V. Vee Copy Share Image
A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
O Beauty, find thyself in love, not in the flattery of thy mirror. — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
Flattery was one of Kissinger's principal tools in winning over Nixon, and a tool he employed shamelessly. — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
Dont get confused between flattery and kindness these are the new kind of deceptions. — Chops Copy Share Image
Direct, forceful, energetic. Loves power, eats up publicity and flattery... Can turn on charm at will and knows it. — Joseph Stilwell Copy Share Image
Should the poor be flattered? No; let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, and crook the pregnant hinges of the knee where… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I have trod a measure, I have flattered a lady, I have been politic with my friend, smooth with mine enemy — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
A world without any lies at all is not a good world, because it's artless and because there are no white lies,… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
Adroit observers will find that some who affect to dislike flattery, may yet be flattered indirectly, by a well seasoned abuse and… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
There is no food more satiating than milk and honey; and just as such foods produce disgust for the palate, so perfumed… — Pietro Aretino Copy Share Image
Blinded as they are to their true character by self-love, every man is his own first and chiefest flatterer, prepared, therefore, to… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it. One who trusts nobody will not trust sycophants. One who… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
Sometimes, idealistic people are put off the whole business of networking as something tainted by flattery and the pursuit of selfish advantage.… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
Rejection can lead to emotional stress for both parties involved and emotional stress can lead to physical complications such as headaches, ulcers,… — Paperboi Copy Share Image
You think I love flattery (says Dr. Johnson), and so I do; but a little too much always disgusts me: that fellow… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
My cut is blunt and futuristic, and Nicki Minaj started wearing that bob on her head after she came to my show,… — Lil Mama 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
“An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's my uniform. Everyone in my company wears it." "It's hideous." Rose felt her hackles rise. The neon green uniform was hideous,… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
The most ridiculous concept ever perpetrated by Homo Sapiens is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of the Universes,… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Whosoever shall look heedfully upon those who are eminent for their riches will not think their condition such as that he should… — Samuel Johnson 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
Tis a barbarous temper, and a sign of a very ill nature, to take delight in shocking any one: and, on the… — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
Sycophancy toward those who hold power is a fact in every regime, and especially in a democracy, where, unlike tyranny, there is… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
After watching the State of the Union address the other night [1994], I'm reminded of the old adage that imitation is the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“Affirmation, in contrast to flattery, requires seeing someone well enough to sense what to affirm, knowing someone well enough to be aware… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
What drink'st thou oft, instead of homage sweet, But poisoned flattery? — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
When a woman has not received much flattery in her life, she will be seduced. — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
![“After watching the State of the Union address the other night [1994], I'm reminded of the old adage that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Only in this case, it's not flattery, but grand larceny: the intellectual theft of ideas that you and I recognize as our own. Speech delivery counts…” quote by Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c36/ronald-reagan-119_adages_after-watching-the-state-of-the-union-ad_2021794.jpg)
