Flattery Quotes

317 Flattery quotes by 206 unique authors

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Because nothing says flattery like a gun to the head. — Jim Butcher
If you want to make an ordinary man happy, or think that he is happy, give him money, power, flattery, gifts, honours. If you want… — Idries Shah
It's my uniform. Everyone in my company wears it." "It's hideous." Rose felt her hackles rise. The neon green uniform was hideous, but she didn't… — Ilona Andrews
Imitation is flattery — Rick Riordan
Whitney: You black-hearted, treacherous, conniving scoundrel. Clayton: Your flattery warms my heart — Judith McNaught
You will make the boy Thief king?" he [Nahuseresh] said. "When you could have had me?" Attolia allowed a slight smile. "A fine revenge for… — Megan Whalen Turner
Imitation is always insult--not flattery. — Frank Lloyd Wright
The difference between appreciation and flattery? That is simple. One is sincere and the other insincere. One comes from the heart out; the other from… — Dale Carnegie
Complimenting someone in an exaggerated way is known as flattery, and flattery will generally get you anything you want... — Daniel Handler
The voice of history is often little more than the organ of hatred or flattery. — Edward Gibbon
The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny; flattery to treachery; standing armies to arbitrary government; and the… — David Hume
I wish it (Christianity) were more productive of good works ... I mean real good works ... not holy day keeping, sermon-hearing ... or making… — Benjamin Franklin
Hypocrisy can plunge the mind of a man into a dark abyss, when he believes his own self-flattery instead of God's verdict. — John Calvin
There is flattery in friendship. — William Shakespeare
Although I am small, ugly and dirty, I am highly ambitious, and at the slightest flattery, I immediately start to strut like a turkey. — Italo Calvino
I have always found it interesting... that there are people who regard copyright infringement as a form of flattery. — Tom Lehrer
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. — Charles Caleb Colton
There is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by letting men understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth;… — Niccolo Machiavelli
He that rewards flattery, begs it — Proverb
Flattery is the infantry of negotiation. — Lord Chandos
Flattery is like a chewing gum. Chew it but never swallow it. — Ritu Ghatourey
Never take for granted when people tell you everyday that you're beautiful and that they love you. Not everyone is interested in flattering you. Some… — Terry Mark
Flattery will get me nowhere? That's a hell of a lot better than the place I am now. — John Alejandro King Aka The Covert Comic
Telling a girl she's hot is flattering but telling a girl she's beautiful means so much more ... — Ana Chable

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