Art Quote by Donald Miller

Flattery is an ensnaring quality, and leaves a very dangerous impression. It swells a man's imagination, entertains his vanity, and drives him to a…

— Jeremy Collier

Flattery is praise insincerely given for an interested purpose.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Flattery is a challenge. The proper turning away from it, undercutting, diminishing it without offense or vehemence, is a social grace sweeter even than…

— Elizabeth Hardwick

The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing.

— Jorge Luis Borges

Flattery is like a painted armor; only for show.

— Socrates

Flattery must be pretty thick before anybody objects to it....

— William Feather

To pay attention to flattery or criticism is a waste of time for artists.

— John McLaughlin

The world is a king, and like a king, desires flattery in return for favor; but true art is selfish and perverse — it…

— Ludwig van Beethoven

Flattery is a lie covered in a bed of flowery words.

— Deborah Smith

Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out.

— Dale Carnegie

Flattery is counterfeit, and like counterfeit money, it will eventually get you into trouble if you pass it to someone else.

— Dale Carnegie

The most that can be said of flattery is that it is sometimes a cheap psychological trick with which charlatans and dishonest people lull…

— Napoleon Hill