Flatterer Quotes

53 quotes by 41 authors

There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of… — Francis Bacon
He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for… — William Blake
When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no… — Edmund Burke
Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise. — William Penn
Cats like men are flatterers. — Walter Savage Landor
Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame a flatterer. — Ben Jonson
Flattery pleases very generally. In the first place, the flatterer may think what he says to be true; but, in the second place, whether he… — Samuel Johnson
We must be careful how we flatter fools too little, or wise men too much, for the flatterer must act the very reverse of the… — Charles Caleb Colton
We seek our happiness outside ourselves, and in the opinion of men we know to be flatterers, insincere, unjust, full of envy, caprice and prejudice. — Jean de la Bruyere
It is for the wise people who delight in humanity, praise justice, despise their flatterers, and respect the truth. — Madame Roland
Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
If the president alone was vested with the power of appointing all officers, and was left to select a council for himself, he would be… — Roger Sherman
Go your way, seducers, flatterers, idlers, those glib of tongue and charlatans; I am not a seed that you can force to grow; my goal… — Dominique Fernandez
Heroes, notwithstanding the high ideas which, by the means of flatterers, they may entertain of themselves, or the world may conceive of them, have certainly… — Henry Fielding
To be seduced by Orators, as a Monarch by Flatterers. — Thomas Hobbes
Prophet just means intellectual. They were people giving geopolitical analysis, moral lessons, that sort of thing. We call them intellectuals today. There were the people… — Noam Chomsky
Crows pick out the eyes of the dead, when the dead have no longer need of them; but flatterers mar the soul of the living,… — Epictetus
Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself. If thou find anything questionable there, use the commentary of a severe friend, rather… — Francis Quarles
It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead - these the living. — Antisthenes
But it is hard to know them from friends, they are so obsequious and full of protestations; for a wolf resembles a dog, so doth… — Walter Raleigh

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