"The reason that adulation is not displeasing is……" — Lord Byron
"The reason that adulation is not displeasing is that, though untrue, it shows one to be of consequence enough, in one way or other, to induce people to lie."
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382 Quotes by Lord Byron
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There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes,…
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If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his…
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I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.
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But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes…
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Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away; A single laugh demolished the right arm Of his country.
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Her great merit is finding out mine; there is nothing so amiable as discernment.
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Opinions are made to be changed or how is truth to be got at?
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Lovers may be and indeed generally are enemies, but they never can be friends, because there must always be a…
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Every day confirms my opinion on the superiority of a vicious life, and if Virtue is not its own reward,…
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I shall soon be six-and-twenty. Is there anything in the future that can possibly console us for not being always…
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I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff- box from an emperor.
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It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe; you might as well tell a man not…
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I believe that it is possible for one to praise, without concern, any man after he is dead since every…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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The ambitious are forever followed by adulation for they receive the most pleasure from flattery.
— Oliver Goldsmith
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To criticize one's country is to do it a service.... Criticism, in short, is more than a right; it is…
— J. William Fulbright
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It appears to me that those who rely simply on the weight of authority to prove any assertion, without searching…
— Unknown Author
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A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a…
— Fawn M. Brodie
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In the game of cricket it has always been customary to accord more adulation to batsman than to bowlers.
— Ian Peebles
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Smitten as we are with the vision of social righteousness, a God indifferent to everything but adulation, and full of…
— William James
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Look, three love affairs in history, are Abelard and Eloise, Romeo and Juliet and the American media and this President…
— George Will
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I wanted to be seen as a good person, and never wanted to let people down, but I found it…
— Greg LeMond
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The only players that are having fun are those having a good year, feasting on pitching or blowing down hitters…
— Dave Winfield
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If you are lucky enough to be a success, by all means enjoy the applause and the adulation of the…
— Robert Montgomery
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Money, power, love, sex (until they get married), adulation, children, and control. Of these, children cause the most trouble. Women…
— Larry L. King
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