Flattery Quotes
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Implementation is the sincerest form of flattery.
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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.
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Flattery is like a painted armor; only for show.
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Never permit yourself to indulge in cheap flattery, which often times means to merely satisfy the individuals vanity and sometimes to ingratiate the flatter into the good graces of the flattered.
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He does me double wrong That wounds me with the flatteries of his tongue.
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If imitation is the greatest form of flattery,
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There is no flattery so adroit or effectual as that of implicit assent.
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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.
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Flattery in courtship is the highest insolence, for whilst it pretends to bestow on you more than you deserve, it is watching an opportunity to take from you what you really have.
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The world's flattery and hypocrisy is a sweet morsel: eat less of it, for it is full of fire. Its fire is hidden while its taste is manifest, but its smoke becomes visible in the end.
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Imitation is the sincerest flattery.
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Though flattery blossoms like friendship, yet there is a vast difference in the fruit.
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I am an actor and of course I respond very positively to flattery.
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Flattery must be pretty thick before anybody objects to it.
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But here's the joy: my friend and I are one, Sweet flattery!
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Flattery is a lie covered in a bed of flowery words.
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Slander, in the strict meaning of the term, comes under the head of lying; but it is a kind of lying which, like its antithesis flattery, ought to be set apart for special censure.
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A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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There is no other way to guard yourself against flattery than by making men understand that telling you the truth will not offend you.
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I have always found it interesting... that there are people who regard copyright infringement as a form of flattery.
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Flattery succeeds best on minds previously occupied by conceit.
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Flattery is praise without foundation.
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Advertising - a judicious mixture of flattery and threats.
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The rich man despises those who flatter him too much, and hates those who do not flatter him at all.
