They told me I was everything. 'Tis a lie, I am not ague-proof. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The eyes of men love to pluck the blossoms from the faded flowers they turn away. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
The voice of history is often little more than the organ of hatred or flattery. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
In Hollywood, imitation is the most profitable form of flattery. That is the only plausible explanation. — Desson Thomson Copy Share Image
There's a certain balance between finding an opportunity to do what you really enjoy and getting caught up in the flattery of… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
Love of flattery, in most men, proceeds from the mean opinion they have of themselves; in women, from the contrary. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
A man can deceive a woman by his sham attachment to her provided he does not have a real attachment elsewhere. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Vanity is truly the motive power that moves humanity, and it is flattery that greases the wheels. — St. Jerome Copy Share Image
There would be no sunshine in society if the born flatterers, I mean the so-called amiable people, did not bring it in… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust, or flattery soothe the dull, cold ear of death? — Thomas Gray Copy Share Image
Flattery is so necessary to us that we flatter one another just to be flattered in return. — Marjorie Bowen Copy Share Image
“He shook his head, but I kept flattering him, telling him how fine his beard was, how fair his skin was (ha!),… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
“There are three types of intelligent persons: the first so intelligent that being called very intelligent must seem natural and obvious; the… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
Hope means hoping when things are hopeless, or it is no virtue at all... As long as matters are really hopeful, hope… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And this is woman's fate: all her affections are called into life by winning flatteries, and then thrown back upon themselves to… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino Copy Share Image
Since you are my readers, and I have not been much of a traveler, I will not talk about people a thousand… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for… — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
But, perhaps, the flatterer is not often detected; for an honest mind is not apt to suspect, and no one exerts the… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
There is nothing in the world more difficult than candor, and nothing easier than flattery. If there is a hundredth of a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Solitude is the surest nurse of all prurient passions, and a girl in the hurry of preparation, or tumult of gaiety, has… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“To a woman flattery is not flattery.It is a compliment, which unfortunately in these miserable days has become all to rare. A… — Erich Maria Remarque Copy Share Image
“Had I known you were waiting, Miss MacFarlane, I would not have lingered,I assure you." Flattery was something she knew how to… — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
Excellent flatterers welcome attentive audiences; mighty potentates enjoy public praise. In the most pleasing situation, a flatterer would genuinely admire the flatteree,… — Willis Regier Copy Share Image
The girl was grateful to the young man for every bit of flattery; she wanted to linger for a moment in its… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
I do not know whether anyone has ever succeeded in not enjoying praise. And, if he enjoys it, he naturally wants to… — John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
A flatterer never seems absurd: The flatter'd always takes his word. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Sarcasm is the lowest form of humor but the highest form of flattery. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I must be a snowflake, because I've fallen for you. Are you an interior decorator? — Paperboi Copy Share Image
