Flattering Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld Download Open image “Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an agreeable manner.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Flattering Flattery Gallantry Mind Psychology
The gallantry of the mind consists in agreeable flattery. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
“Gallantry,” he often told his men, “is an act of great courage under fire, of bravery beyond the call of duty. But if it… — Charles Todd Copy Share Image
I have read that the secret of gallantry is to accept the pleasures of life leisurely, and its inconveniences with a shrug; as well… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
in love, gallantry is necessary. Even when the first wild desire is gone, especially then, there is an inherent need for good manners and… — Ilka Chase Copy Share Image
Sadly the age of gallantry seems to be dead. You look around and all you see are small men, not big enough to fill… — Morgana Copy Share Image
A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace. — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
The visible imperfections of hand-wrought goods, being honorific, are accounted marks of superiority in point of beauty, or serviceability, or both. — Thorstein Veblen Copy Share Image
Our own distrust gives a fair pretence for the knavery of other people. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man, and renders the greatest fools clever.” — François de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Perseverance is neither praiseworthy nor blameworthy; for it seems to be only the enduring of certain inclinations and opinions which men neither give themselves… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A woman is faithful to her first lover for a long time - unless she happens to take a second. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We are almost always wearied in the company of persons with whom we are not permitted to be weary. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The love of new acquaintance comes not so much from being weary of what we had before, or from any satisfaction there is in… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The truth is I've just never had any kind of plan at all for my career, which is probably not a very flattering thing to admit. I don't know that I'd ever planned to be in this situation. I'm still just an idiot, really really stupid. It's not like I'm now a genius because this has happened. I just got… — Ty Burrell Copy Share
The less we show our love to a woman, Or please her less, and neglect our duty, The more we trap and ruin her… — Alexander Pushkin Copy Share Image
You know, they always say that the photographer is a hunter of images. That is a flattering image, the idea of a hunter, it's… — Robert Doisneau Copy Share Image
I had to smile when stories emerged questioning whether I was gay. Obviously I knew I wasn't but people were curiously desperate to suggest… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
Those who know New York City primarily through tourism or mass culture may think of us natives as possessing certain shared characteristics, not all… — Jonathan Dee Copy Share Image
It's absolutely fun to walk around and have people respect you. When Michael Jackson did Thriller, I was in the park one day, and… — Rick Ross Copy Share Image
Real writers-that is, capital W Writers-rarely make much money. Their biggest reward is the occasional reader's response… Commentators-in-print voicing big fat opinions-you might call us small w writers-get considerably more feedback than Writers. The letters I personally find most flattering are not the very rare ones that speak well of my editorials, but the occasional reader who wants to know… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share
Your own self, your personality and existence are reflected within the mind of each of the people whom you meet, ... into a likeness,… — Isak Dinesen Copy Share Image
It's flattering that there are lots of Internet fan sites about me. I'm a bit of a technophobe and I don't even own a… — Jonas Armstrong Copy Share Image
It would be flattering to call it a modern Dirty Harry, but I think this film deals more with the loss of his wife… — Vin Diesel Copy Share Image