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Flatters Quotes by Denis Diderot
- We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us.
- We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.
- Women swallow at one mouthful the lie that flatters, and drink drop by drop the truth that is bitter.
More Flatters Quotes
- A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and… — Lord Chesterfield
- A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
- What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering. — George Bernard Shaw
- Flattery pleases very generally. In the first place, the flatterer may think what he says to be true; but, in the second… — Samuel Johnson
- Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me. — Thomas a Kempis
- Vulgarity in a king flatters the majority of the nation. — George Bernard Shaw
- It is said that it is far more difficult to hold and maintain leadership (liberty) than it is to attain it. Success… — Samuel J. Tilden
- In four ways ... should one who flatters be understood as a foe in the guise of a friend: He approves of… — Gautama Buddha