Flatter Quotes

181 quotes by 156 authors

So you shouldn't really flatter yourself that they want to be your buddy. They don't. Generally. They want you for some reason or other, and… — Kurt Loder
The women who inspired this play deserved to be smacked across the head with a meat ax and that, I flatter myself, is exactly what… — Clare Boothe Luce
Living in Hollywood, it's easy to have someone flatter you. That doesn't help me. — Marilyn Manson
The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself. — Moliere
And I think it's because good cons are all based on the victim's need, and the successful con artist is the one, I guess, who… — Alfred Molina
Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of causing disgust; and music, even in situations… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
I don't flatter myself - I'm not a scientist, I'm not a conservation expert. — Edward Norton
It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them. — Jean Paul
Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor. — Francis Quarles
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Your writing voice is the deepest possible reflection of who you are. The job of your voice is not to seduce or flatter or make… — Meg Rosoff
In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's. — Jean Rostand
All of us should be on guard against beliefs that flatter ourselves. At the very least, we should check such beliefs against facts. — Thomas Sowell
Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because… — Joseph Story
Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one… — Jonathan Swift
You will get the most attention from those who hate you. No friend, no admirer and no partner will flatter you with as much curiosity. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old. — Mark Twain
Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage… — William Arthur Ward
I would warn my brethren and sisters to never flatter persons because of their ability; for they cannot bear it. Self is easily exalted, and… — Ellen G. White

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