Behinds Quote by R. Kent Hughes

Gossip is saying behind their back what you would not say to their face. Flattery is saying to their face what you would not…

— Anonymous

Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren't present.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Gossip is when you have a malice of intent or mindless, third-party conversation to someone about someone, something you haven't said to that someone.

— Iyanla Vanzant

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

Flattery is like wine, which exhilarates a man for a moment, but usually ends by going to his head and making him act foolishly.

— Helen Rowland

Gossip is when you hear something you like about someone you don't.

— Earl Wilson

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

Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself.

— Dale Carnegie

The most that can be said of flattery is that it is sometimes a cheap psychological trick with which charlatans and dishonest people lull…

— Napoleon Hill

“Passing on some useful or entertaining tidbit about another person is a sign of commitment. If you jeopardize your relationship with the subject of…

— John Whitfield

“Gossip is an idle talk that makes you look worse than the person you are talking about, and people tend to have more confidence…

— Uzoma Nnadi

One may define flattery as a base companionship which is most advantageous to the flatterer.

— Theophrastus