Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out. — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your efforts to believe it. — Wilson Mizner Copy Share Image
Look closely at those who patronize you. Half are unfeeling, half untaught. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The most subtle flattery that a woman can receive is by actions, not by words. — Suzanne Curchod 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
Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
“You are the belle of the ball tonight.” He said as he moved in closer. “How can you be so sinfully beautiful… — Barry Gray Copy Share Image
Flattery is like wine, which exhilarates a man for a moment, but usually ends by going to his head and making him… — Helen Rowland Copy Share Image
Hey baby you're so fine you make me stutter, wha-wha-what's your name? I bet you $20 you're gonna turn me down. — Paperboi Copy Share Image
The habitude of pleasing by flattery makes a language soft; the fear of offending by truth makes it circuitous and conventional — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
“The thought that is billed at the price of fear and flattery is as inconsolable as that which is paid for at… — Lamine Pearlheart Copy Share Image
I know imitation is the highest form of flattery, but stealing one's identity is totally different. — AnnaLynne McCord Copy Share Image
Men who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The world's flattery and hypocrisy is a sweet morsel: eat less of it, for it is full of fire. Its fire is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The a priori method is distinguished for its comfortable conclusions. It is the nature of the process to adopt whatever belief weare… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
Mine eyes Were not in fault, for she was beautiful; Mine ears, that heard her flattery; nor my heart, That thought her… — William Shakespeare 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
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
Flattery, though a base coin, is the necessary pocket money at court; where, by custom and consent, it has obtained such a… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
“Let your eyes be blind to all external attractions, your ears deaf to all the fascinations of flattery and light discourse.—These are… — Anne Brontë Copy Share Image
Both in thy private sessions, and the universal assizes, thou shalt be sure of the same Judge, the same jury, the same… — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
We rightly scorn those who have no made use of their defects, who have not exploited their deficiencies, and have not been… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In short, no association or alliance can be happy or stable without me. People can't long tolerate a ruler, nor can a… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
“What’s flattery?” “Flattery,” Wendy told him, “is when your daddy says he likes my new yellow slacks even if he doesn’t or… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I recommend to you, in my last, an innocent piece of art: that of flattering people behind their backs, in presence of… — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
Yes, Boss?' Dorcas, the last twenty or thirty years I've been a worthless, no-good parasite.' She yawned again. 'Everybody knows that.' Nevermind… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
The people at the very top could fall by and grace you with their presence and give you a little largesse, and… — Joshua Ferris Copy Share Image
There are some who affect a want of affectation, and flatter themselves that they are above flattery; they are proud of being… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
To pay attention to flattery or criticism is a waste of time for artists. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Few human beings are proof against the implied flattery of rapt attention. — Jack Woodford Copy Share Image
A few good compliments produce a wealth of good and often financial benefits. — Mariette Hartley Copy Share Image
A man who flatters a woman hopes either to find her a fool or to make her one. — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
Flattery is a base coin which is current only through our vanity. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
