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Flatterers and men of learning do not accord well with each other.
Flatterers should be mistrusted, especially when they praise the dead. To seek a place in society is self-serving, but to seek one in history affects everyone.
Beware the flatters of th world,
For what is music to the ears
May be poison to the soul.
Beware of the flatterer: He feeds you with an empty spoon.
A flatterer can risk everything with great personages.
Mankind naturally and generally love to be flatter'd.
A dog will flatter you but you have to flatter the cat.
In four ways ... should one who flatters be understood as a foe in the guise of a friend: He approves of his friend's evil deeds, he disapproves his friend's good deeds, he praises him in his presence, he speaks ill of him in his absence.
Abhor flatterers as you would deceivers; for both, if trusted, injure those who trust them. If you admit as friends men who seek your favor for the lowest ends, your life will be lacking in friends who will risk your displeasure for the highest good.
There is no tongue that flatters like a lover's; and yet, in the exaggeration of his feelings, flattery seems to him commonplace. Strange and prodigal exuberance, which soon exhausts itself by flowing!
Flattery is so necessary to us that we flatter one another just to be flattered in return.
There is flattery in friendship.
Thus I come, most blessed Father, and in all abasement beseech you to put to your hand, if it is possible, and impose a curb to those flatterers who are enemies of peace, while they pretend peace.
Hey soda girl. You're flat.
Many know how to flatter, few know how to praise.
If we from wealth to poverty descend,
Want gives to know the flatterer from the friend.
Flattery is a lie covered in a bed of flowery words.
There is scarce any man, how much soever he may despise the character of a flatterer, but will condescend in the meanest manner to flatter himself
Sure flattery never traveled so far as three thousand miles; it is now only for truth, which over takes all things, to reach you at this distance.
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.
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.]
It has well been said that the arch-flatterer, with whom all petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self.
People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
Mediocrities can tolerate being surrounded only by flatterers who conceal their mediocrity.
Emma knows I never flatter her,
The encomium of one incapable of flattery is indeed flattering.
It's easier to flatter a man than fight him.
When people flatter you constantly it is very tempting to think you deserve it.
We must be careful how we flatter fools too little, or wise men too much, for the flatterer must act the very reverse of the physician, and administer the strongest dose only to the weakest patient.
It is not for minds like ours to give or to receive flatter; yet the praises of sincerity have ever been permitted to the voice of friendship
The best form of flattery is to be admired, imitated or respected. I've always felt proud our fans look up to us or feel we are inspirational.
A little flattery will support a man through great fatigue.
He who cannot love must learn to flatter.
He that is much flattered soon learns to flatter himself.
He who can not learn to love must flatter.
Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out.
He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
Flattery is a challenge. The proper turning away from it, undercutting, diminishing it without offense or vehemence, is a social grace sweeter even than the swift determination to keep ahead in the race of hospitality.
Flattery will get you everywhere
You are so easily flattered, brother.'
'Because I have so many qualities to praise!
Don't flatter yourself. It's hard not to notice when fifty drunks are chanting your name.
There would be no sunshine in society if the born flatterers, I mean the so-called amiable people, did not bring it in with them.
Flattery is not required but highly recommended.
Patience is a flatterer, sir, and an ass, sir.
I'd rather get bad news from an honest man than lies from a flatterer,
By God, I cannot flatter, I do defy The tongues of soothers! but a braver place In my heart's love hath no man than yourself. Nay, task me to my word; approve me, lord.
Fair thoughts and happy hours attend on you.
Madam, before you flatter a man so grossly to his face, you should consider whether or not your flattery is worth his having.
Flattery is alright if you don't inhale.
Flattery has to overcome my mistrust, and it does.
Flattery is an ensnaring quality, and leaves a very dangerous impression. It swells a man's imagination, entertains his vanity, and drives him to a doting upon his own person.
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.
Affirming others isn't 'flattering' them - it's when you genuinely and consistently acknowledge their efforts and accomplishments, both large and small. Make affirmation a habit and watch what happens!
Therefore I lie with her and she with me,
And in our faults by lies we flatter'd be.
Words really flattering are not those which we prepare but those which escape us unthinkingly.
I love a friendship that flatters itself in the sharpness and vigor of its communications.
Being fathomed was even better than being flattered, it turned out.
Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it but don't swallow it.
Flattery is never so obvious to the recipient.
People who plead with you for favours
May eventually prove to be great flatterers.
Your friends are only those
Who all the time cheerfully support
Your heart's aspiration-flames.
Compliments and flattery oftenest excite my contempt by the pretension they imply; for who is he that assumes to flatter me? To compliment often implies an assumption of superiority in the complimenter. It is, in fact, a subtle detraction.
Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself.
A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.
Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable, however much we may despise the flatterer.
Grudging praise is the most flattering of all.
Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
Today is a day when the world turns out to be flat.
The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.
Gratitude is an endless praise.
Flattery is praise without foundation.
Better still, I pay you. And I pay you very well, which is the only real form of flattery in this whorish world.
I see. Because I'm not hideous, not a drunkard, and appear to bathe regularly, you picked me. How you flatter me.
Nothing is harder to resist than a bit of flattery.
You're not going to learn anything if you're not prepared to go flat, so I'm very happy to go flat.
Flattery is nothing but attention without intention.
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.
Flattery'll get you anywhere.
Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit.
The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.
Flattery is like wine, which exhilarates a man for a moment, but usually ends by going to his head and making him act foolishly.
Flattery, though a base coin, is the necessary pocket money at court; where, by custom and consent, it has obtained such a currency that it is no longer a fraudulent, but a legal payment.
As flattering friends mislead, quarreling foes can often correct
Thanks to my friends for their care in my breeding,
Who taught me betimes to love working and reading.
Nothing like a bit of flattery to grease the wheels.
Thank you for being my friends
Were there no fools, there would be no flatterers.
I have a car that I call Flattery because it gets me nowhere.
Flattery leads to vulgarity; the flatterer is despised.
Flattery is counterfeit, and like counterfeit money, it will eventually get you into trouble if you pass it to someone else.
You will get such flattery as you deserve, and my foot in your arse the rest of the time.
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Flatulency today consists in saying simply in several different ways the same thing over and over again.
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.
Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed .
It is no flattery to give a friend a due character; for commendation is as much the duty of a friend as reprehension.
He who flatters a man is his enemy. he who tells him of his faults is his maker.
I like you, Tess.Tess-- C.j. Duggan
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.