Despised Quote by Nachman of Breslov Download Open image “Flattery leads to vulgarity; the flatterer is despised.” — Nachman of Breslov ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Despised Flatterer Flatterer Despised Flattery Leads Vulgarity Vulgarity Vulgarity Flatterer
Adroit observers will find that some who affect to dislike flattery, may yet be flattered indirectly, by a well seasoned abuse and ridicule of… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable, however much we may despise the flatterer. — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
One may define flattery as a base companionship which is most advantageous to the flatterer. — Theophrastus Copy Share Image
Some indeed there are who profess to despise all flattery, but even these are nevertheless to be flattered, by being told that they do… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Flattery is no more than what raises in a man's mind an idea of a preference which he has not. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Flattery pleases very generally. In the first place, the flatterer may think what he says to be true; but, in the second place, whether… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Sometimes we think we dislike flattery, but it is only the way it is done that we dislike. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
If we do not help a man in trouble, it is as if we caused the trouble. — Nachman of Breslov Copy Share Image
Elderly men who are popular with young women usually lack wisdom. — Nachman of Breslov Copy Share Image
If you won't be better tomorrow than you were today, then what do you need tomorrow for? — Nachman of Breslov Copy Share Image
A man should believe in God through faith, not because of miracles. — Nachman of Breslov Copy Share Image
Work at not needing approval from anyone and you will be free to be who you really are. — Nachman of Breslov Copy Share Image
A mitzvah that costs money is worth more than one that costs nothing. — Nachman of Breslov Copy Share Image
He lacked tenderness; he was rude; and he had more than a streak of cruelty in him; he was a thief and a liar.… — Daphne du Maurier Copy Share Image
You are still despised and mocked, A man too weak and infirm to be God, A God too much man to call forth adoration. — Khalil Copy Share Image
“He had despised that Mary with her idiot smile, symbol of a story that meant nothing, servant of a God who no good to… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
Amidst the flood of dangerous reading, I plead for my Master's book; I call upon you not to forget the book of the soul.… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
At a time when painting itself often seems to be a threatened, even despised, form of artistic activity, Andrew Salgado emerges as a dazzlingly… — Edward Lucie-Smith Copy Share Image
And if thy heart be straight with God then every creature shall be to thee a mirror of life and a book of holy… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Unless a man gives himself entirely to the Cross, in a spirit of humility and self-abasement; unless he casts himself down to be trampled… — Mark the Evangelist Copy Share Image
I'd rather be despised for my character than be liked for my lack of it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is easy enough to say that poverty is no crime. No; if it were men wouldn't be ashamed of it. It is a… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
Many men without morals have attacked religion because it was contrary to their inclinations. Many wise men have despised it because it seemed to… — Baron d'Holbach Copy Share Image
“For immediately in the beginning, after his original life of blessedness, the first man despised the command of God, and fell into this mortal… — Eusebius of Caesarea Copy Share Image
I like to give a voice to others, especially things neglected or despised. — Edwin Morgan Copy Share Image
