Flatterers Quotes

29 quotes by 26 authors

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
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
It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead - these the living. — Antisthenes
By flatterers besieged And so obliging that he ne'er obliged. — Alexander Pope
If he be so resolved, I can o'ersway him; for he loves to hear That unicorns may be betrayed with trees And bears with glasses,… — William Shakespeare
Abhor flatterers as you would deceivers; for both, if trusted, injure those who trust them. If you admit as friends men who seek your favor… — Isocrates
The skilful class of flatterers praise the discourse of an ignorant friend and the face of a deformed one. — Juvenal
Flatterers and men of learning do not accord well with each other. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Believe flatterers and you're lost; believe your enemies and you despair. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
for nothing can be more reasonable, than that slaves and flatterers should exact the same taxes on all below them, which they themselves pay to… — Henry Fielding

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