Arches Quote by Francis Bacon

The arch-flatterer, with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self.

— Francis Bacon

There is no such flatterer as is a man's self.

— Francis Bacon

The flatterer does not think highly enough of himself or of others.

— Jean de la Bruyere

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

— Anonymous

“there is scarce any man, how much soever he may despise the character of a flatterer, but will condescend in the meanest manner to…

— Henry Fielding

“The vanity of intelligence is that the intelligent man is often more committed to 'one-upping' his opponent than being truthful. When the idea of…

— Criss Jami

Blinded as they are to their true character by self-love, every man is his own first and chiefest flatterer, prepared, therefore, to welcome the…

— Plutarch

A flatterer is the shadow of a fool.

— Thomas Overbury

A mans behaviour is the index of his mind... A man who praises himself displays his deficiency of intellect... A man's worth depends upon…

— Gamze

The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so.

— Anonymous

“The consistent and persistent man of average intelligence is more likely to succeed than an erratic and lazy genius.”

— Om Swami

The more intelligent a man is, the more originality he discovers in others.

— Blaise Pascal