Flattering Quote by Percy Bysshe Shelley Download Open image “The encomium of one incapable of flattery is indeed flattering.” — Percy Bysshe Shelley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Flattering Flattery Incapable
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
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 is so necessary to us that we flatter one another just to be flattered in return. — Marjorie Bowen 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
At its best, flattery is truth well dressed, and it is best dressed with fine see-through fabrics. Honest flattery can caress a lover, cover… — Willis Regier Copy Share Image
Flattery is never so agreeable as to our blind side; commend a fool for his wit, or a knave for his honesty, and they… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
“Flattery is so necessary to all of us that we flatter one another to be flattered in return” — Marjorie Bowen Copy Share Image
Never permit yourself to indulge in cheap flattery, which often times means to merely satisfy the individuals vanity and sometimes to ingratiate the flatter… — Harold B. Lee Copy Share Image
flattery would be worse than vain; there is no consolation in flattery. — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The everlasting universe of things Flows through the mind, and rolls its rapid waves, Now dark--now glittering--now reflecting gloom-- Now lending splendour, where from… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
“Though we eat little flesh and drink no wine, Yet let's be merry; we'll have tea and toast; Custards for supper, and an endless… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
Titles are tinsel, power a corrupter, glorya bubble, and excessive wealth a libel on its possessor. — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
“Poets and philosophers are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.” — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
Dar'st thou amid the varied multitude To live alone, an isolated thing? — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
Spirit of BEAUTY, that dost consecrate With thine own hues all thou dost shine upon Of human thought or form, where art thou gone?… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
I love tranquil solitude, And such society As is quiet, wise, and good; Between thee and me What difference? but thou dost possess The… — Percy Bysshe Shelley 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… — Ty Burrell Copy Share Image
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… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
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
