Quotes about flattery
flattery despise flattered
Some indeed there are who profess to despise all flattery, but even these are nevertheless to be flattered, by being told that they do despise it. Charles Caleb Colton
flattery imitation
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
flattery imitation form
Imitation is the highest form of flattery.
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To be most effective, flattery is always best applied with a trowel. Alan Bradley
flattery invitations
Invitation is the sincerest flattery. Carolyn Wells
flattery rudeness deals
I like rudeness a great deal better than flattery. Charlotte Bronte
flattery praise satire
Praise to the undeserving is severe satire. Benjamin Franklin
flattery absurd seems
A flatterer never seems absurd: The flatter'd always takes his word.
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Approve not of him who commends all you say.
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Flattery'll get you anywhere. Charles Lederer
flattery form greatest headlines irritates jealousy maybe outside private school seeing small somebody
Tell me a private school that won?t take somebody outside their parish. Jealousy is the greatest form of flattery and that?s about it. Maybe this is being paranoid, but we?re a small town, and what irritates me is if (Mayo and Walker) went to a bigger, private school, we?d be seeing headlines about how great this is.
flattery theater sheer
Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women. Carroll O'Connor
flattery giver flattering
Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver. Edmund Burke
flattery inhale
Flattery is all right if you don't inhale Adlai E. Stevenson
flattery kiss prepare
Flattery - If you want to get to the top, prepare to kiss a lot of the bottom.
flattery trouble counterfeit-money
Flattery is counterfeit, and like counterfeit money, it will eventually get you into trouble if you pass it to someone else. Dale Carnegie
flattery obliged flatterer
By flatterers besieged And so obliging that he ne'er obliged. Alexander Pope
flattery enjoy courses
Of course you like him; everyone enjoys flattery. Christopher Paolini
flattery sincerity jugglers
Flattery is a juggler, and no kin unto sincerity. Thomas Browne
flattery imitation plagiarism
Imitation isn't the sincerest form of flattery - it's plagiarism. Red Skelton
flattery labor servility
Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility. Tacitus
flattery conceit delusion
We would seldom be deceived by flattery, did our own conceit not promote the delusion. Norm MacDonald
flattery imitation form
Imitation is obviously a great form of flattery. Peyton Manning
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Flattery will get you everywhere. Mae West
flattery please fastidious
Flatter me, but delicately, please, for I am fastidious. Mason Cooley
flattery insult contempt
Your flattery is as full of contempt as your insults were.
flattery form
Immitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
flattery praise easy
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise. Jean Paul
flattery virtue flattering
One can also be undignified and flattering toward a virtue. Friedrich Nietzsche
flattery virtue court
No adulation; 'tis the death of virtue; Who flatters, is of all mankind the lowest Save he who courts the flattery. Hannah More
flattery expenses flatterer
Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him. Jean de La Fontaine
flattery youngsters
Flattery is useful when dealing with youngsters. Isaac Asimov
flattery praise delicate
Praise is flattery, artful, hidden, delicate, which gratifies differently him who praises and him who is praised. The one takes it as the reward of merit, the other bestows it to show his impartiality and knowledge. Francois de La Rochefoucauld