Flattery Quotes

The voice of flattery affects us after it has ceased, just as after a concert men find some agreeable air ringing in their ears to the exclusion of all serious business.

The most subtle flattery that a woman can receive is by actions, not by words.

Flattery is a juggler, and no kin unto sincerity.

Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art .

No flattery, boy! an honest man cannot live by it; it is a little, sneaking art, which knaves use to cajole and soften fools withal.

I have always found it interesting... that there are people who regard copyright infringement as a form of flattery.

Not kings alone--the people, too, have their flatterers.

Never was flattery lost on a poet's ear; a simple race, they waste their toil for the vain tribute of a smile.

Flattery must be pretty thick before anybody objects to it.

There is no flattery so adroit or effectual as that of implicit assent.

Mine eyes Were not in fault, for she was beautiful; Mine ears, that heard her flattery; nor my heart, That thought her like her seeming. It had been vicious To have mistrusted her.

No visor does become black villainy so well as soft and tender flattery.

Oh, flatter me; for love delights in praises.

Okay, I'm flattered, I appreciate your attempt at making me feel better after the fiasco with the pita rolls, but please ring up this beer I need it more than flattery.

No man of high and generous spirit is ever willing to indulge in flattery; the good may feel affection for others, but will not flatter them.

Flattery is counterfeit, and like counterfeit money, it will eventually get you into trouble if you pass it to someone else.

Ausonius must be read to be believed! As poet, no subject is too trivial for him; as courtier, no flattery too excessive.

Flattery has a short battery life, but reminding people they are amazing and precious and wanted and works of art can truly change their lives.

Flattery makes fools of the best of us.

We sometimes think that we hate flattery, but we only hate the manner in which it is done. [Fr., On croit quelquefoir hair la flatterie; maid on ne hait que a maniere de flatter.]

I have a car that I call Flattery because it gets me nowhere.

If you want to make an ordinary man happy, or think that he is happy, give him money, power, flattery, gifts, honours. If you want to make a wise man happy - improve yourself!

The man that lays his hand upon a woman, Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch Whom't were gross flattery to name a coward.

Imitation isn't the sincerest form of flattery - it's plagiarism.

There can hardly, I believe, be imagined a more desirable pleasure than that of praise unmixed with any possibility of flattery.

Flattery's fire is hidden. Its sweet taste is apparent, but the smoke is bound to come out at last.

But here's the joy: my friend and I are one, Sweet flattery!

To thee, fair Freedom! I retire From flattery, cards, and dice, and din: Nor art thou found in mansions higher Than the low cot, or humble inn.

Flattery does not encourage the perfect flow of love in the vein of your relationship. Be genuine and speak out what you feel for each other without hiding the painful truth.

Invitation is the sincerest flattery.

Flattery is a lie covered in a bed of flowery words.

The voice of history is often little more than the organ of hatred or flattery.

Flattery is praise without foundation.

The gallantry of the mind consists in agreeable flattery.

Men sometimes think they hate flattery, but they hate only the manner of flattering.

Sometimes we think we dislike flattery, but it is only the way it is done that we dislike.

Many a maid have I won by a quarrel, when flattery was in no wise helpful; but take heed that thou art in the wrong, so that thou mayest acknowledge thine error.

Never patronise someone who knows they don't deserve it, for they will be quick to compliment your failures.

Whitney: You black-hearted, treacherous, conniving scoundrel. Clayton: Your flattery warms my heart

Flattery has to overcome my mistrust, and it does.

Your flattery is as full of contempt as your insults were.

What I like is bottomless flattery.

Imitation is obviously a great form of flattery.

Praise a stranger with a few nice words and he becomes a stranger that calls you a friend.

Because all men are apt to flatter themselves, to entertain the addition of other men's praises is most perilous.

When a woman has not received much flattery in her life, she will be seduced.

You can receive all the compliments in the world, but that won't do a thing unless you believe it yourself.

When you're appeasing too much, you might be egotistically over-estimating everyone's need for your approval.

Few human beings are proof against the implied flattery of rapt attention.

To be most effective, flattery is always best applied with a trowel.