Accidents Quote by Samuel Johnson

It is scarcely credible to what degree discernment may be dazzled by the mist of pride, and wisdom infatuated by the intoxication of flattery.

— Samuel Johnson

Flattery works like a drug.

— Willis Regier

men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their…

— John Calvin

The praise we seek for our own virtues sometimes tempts us to flatter the imperfections of other men.

— Norm MacDonald

A man who is half an idiot, but who keeps a sharp lookout and acts prudently all his life, often enjoys the pleasure of…

— Stendhal

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

“It is not often the worst trait that occasions the loudest outcry. Men complain of their suffering and not of the crime.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Love of flattery, in most men, proceeds from the mean opinion they have of themselves; in women, from the contrary.

— Jonathan Swift

“Men who are ill-natured and quarrelsome when drunk are very worthy persons when sober. For drink in reality doth not reverse nature or create…

— Henry Fielding

What men and women need is encouragement. Their natural resisting powers should be strengthened, not weakened ... Instead of always harping on a man's…

— Anonymous

Men are subject to powerful passions and appetites, and, if unrestrained, are capable of ruthlessly riding roughshod over their neighbors and the community at…

— William Barr

All important persons have about them someone in a subordinate position who has their ear. These dependents are very susceptible to slights, and, when…

— W. Somerset Maugham