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
Look closely at those who patronize you. Half are unfeeling, half untaught. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 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
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
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
At its best, flattery is truth well dressed, and it is best dressed with fine see-through fabrics. Honest flattery can caress a… — Willis Regier Copy Share Image
It requires but little acquaintance with the heart to know that woman's first wish is to be handsome; and that, consequently, the… — Samuel Johnson 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
“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
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
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
To pay attention to flattery or criticism is a waste of time for artists. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
The most subtle flattery that a woman can receive is by actions, not by words. — Suzanne Curchod 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
Few human beings are proof against the implied flattery of rapt attention. — Jack Woodford Copy Share Image
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
Flattery is a base coin which is current only through our vanity. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
