Flattery Quotes

It flattered her, where she was most susceptible of flattery, to think how, wound about in their hea...

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

When a cat flatters ... he is not insincere: you may safely take it for real kindness.

Nobody roots for Goliath.

Some praise at morning what they blame at night.

Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach.

He shook his head, but I kept flattering him, telling him how fine his beard was, how fair his skin ...

Praise to the undeserving is severe satire.

What a situation!' cried Miss Squeers; '...What is the reason that men fall in love with me, whether...

It does good to no woman to be flattered [by a man] who does not intend to marry her; and it is madn...

It's pleasant to hear these nice words while I'm still alive. I'd rather have the taffy than the epi...

Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about o...

What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattery.

The public wants work which flatters its illusions.

The meanest most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man and then qua...

I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. N...

Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ...

Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once a minute somet...

Tis an old maxim in the schools That flattery's the food of fools - Yet now and then your men of wi...

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

He who gladly does without the praise of the crowd will not miss the opportunity of becoming his own...

Some fellows pay a compliment like they expected a receipt.

He stepped down, avoiding any long look at her as one avoids long looks at the sun, but seeing her a...

In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease ...

Some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise.

I believe that love--not imitation--is the sincerest form of flattery. Your imitator thinks that you...

I can live for two months on a good compliment.

I earnestly wish to point out in what true dignity and human happiness consists. I wish to persuade ...

I become quite melancholy and deeply grieved to see men behave to each other as they do. Everywhere ...

The trouble with most of us is that we'd rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

I don't like compliments and I don't see why a man should think he is pleasing a woman enormously wh...

The criminal (as slave) often seeks a person of great perfection (and here, as a judge of people's i...

The most preposterous notion that Homo sapiens has ever dreamed up is that the Lord God of Creation,...

The advantage of doing one's praising to oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in t...

The advantage of doing one's praising to oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in t...

The advantage of doing one's praising to oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in t...

The advantage of doing one's praising to oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in t...

The advantage of doing one's praising to oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in t...

The advantage of doing one's praising to oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in t...

The advantage of doing one's praising to oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in t...

The advantage of doing one's praising to oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in t...

In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath.

Men are like stone jugs - you may lug them where you like by the ears.

Among the smaller duties in life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising whe...

The true test of independent judgement is being able to dislike someone who admires us.

Among the smaller duties in life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising whe...