Flattery Quotes
What wouldst thou do, old man? Think'st thou that duty shall have dread to speak When power to flattery bows?
Persons who discover a flatterer, do not always disapprove him, because he imagines them considerable enough to deserve his applications.
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 up a gaffe, and muffle aggression.
A little flattery, like a warm bath and soft towel, will let you get along with yourself, lie down with yourself, and sleep.
I don't like compliments and I don't see why a man should think he is pleasing a woman enormously when he says to her a whole heap of things that he doesn't mean.
The trouble with most of us is that we'd rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
The meanest most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man and then qualifies it with a 'but'.
I believe that love--not imitation--is the sincerest form of flattery. Your imitator thinks that you can be duplicated your lover knows you can't.
The man was a bully. A bully who'd elevated himself to a high-level position, but a bully just the same. No amount of flattery would change how I saw him.
Imitation is the greatest form of flattery, but worship is the greatest form of adoration.
Any halfway clever devil would decorate the highway to Hell as beautiful as possible.
Then, in the spirit of benevolence, "Your face is well balanced." She slapped him encouragingly on the back, "You have very long eyelashes. Like a cow.
Is not the true respect and worship of God the exercising of our power in such a way that we are also respected?
Keep those that influence you for the better close and never give them a reason to keep you far away.
You are the belle of the ball tonight.” He said as he moved in closer. “How can you be so sinfully beautiful Mrs. Norman?
It flattered her, where she was most susceptible of flattery, to think how, wound about in their hearts, however long they lived she would be woven...
Misguided good men are more dangerous than honest bad men. It is because they are seen as good that, in and by good conscience, the mob will always, stubbornly back them without question.
If a story is w/out flaws or doubts, it is flattery or even brainwashing. You should read it as if drinking a glass of water. But be prepared - you would not remember its taste.
Nice words and nice appearance doesn't conclude that someone is nice, i believe that the nicer you look, the more deceptive you appear.
To flatter a young man, tell him that you thought that he was older than he is. To flatter an old woman, tell her that you thought that she was younger than she is.
Imitation is the highest form of flattery. Try not to see it as an invitation to compete.
There really is no sense in pretending to be normal. Just be you because the moment you do, weirder things happen. Crazy comes back into fashion and every woman has to go out and find her some.
The thought that is billed at the price of fear and flattery is as inconsolable as that which is paid for at the price of gold. - On Fear and Thought.
Among the smaller duties in life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising when praise is not due.
Commendation n: the tribute that we pay to achievements that resemble but do not equal our own.
He who gladly does without the praise of the crowd will not miss the opportunity of becoming his own fan.
The advantage of doing one's praising to oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.
A compliment is a gift not to be thrown away carelessly unless you want to hurt the giver.