Quotes About Flattery

There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self.

Madeleine Cranmere met him in the hall and showed him over the ground floor herself. She appeared delighted to listen to his rapturous enthusiasm, and consulted him on a few points as if he were an expert on the period. He was not, but he knew enough about it to be able to advise her roughly, and was far too flattered by the earnest way in which she listened to gather that actually she knew a great deal more about the points in question than he did.

love flattery, even though we are not deceived by it, because it shows that we are of importance enough to be courted.

Thievery was the most authentic form of flattery. What could be more satisfying than knowing the things you possessed were intriguing, captivating, or valuable enough to provoke another man to risk everything to obtain them? This was Kelsier's purpose in life, to remind people of the value of the things they loved. By taking them away.

I do not wish to flatter my townsmen, nor to be flattered by them, for that will not advance either of us.

Heroes, notwithstanding the high ideas which, by the means of flatterers, they may entertain of themselves, or the world may conceive of them, have certainly more of mortal than divine about them.

there is no kind of flattery so irresistible as this, at second hand.

Well I've never used that phrase before, but yes she is bootylicious.

It's very flattering, I guess, to be considered so popular at a young age. It's kinda cool.

Said I was beautiful, did he? He's being paid for treatment, not flattery.

Embrace yourself and do what you can to look and feel your best. Don't put on so many fashion trends that create a ridiculous style statement. Pick and choose what feels good, and flatters your own body.

History is replete with blunders written by sycophants.

I want you to know that you're the hottest biscuit this side of the gravy boat.

The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, nor slander us behind our backs, nor intrude upon our privacy, nor quit their shelves until we take them down.

And they kind of left to find a guitar player at the very end, so you know, I don't really take it as any slight that I wasn't able to play on the record. It's flattering just to play with them period.

You're not too smart, are you? I like that in a man.

You know when someone's over-flattering you in a way. You smile but you can't believe it.

Grudging praise is the most flattering of all.

The girl was grateful to the young man for every bit of flattery; she wanted to linger for a moment in its warmth and so she said, 'You're very good at lying.' 'Do I look like a liar?' 'You look like you enjoy lying to women,' said the girl, and into her words there crept unawares a touch of the old anxiety, because she really did believe that her young man enjoyed lying to women.

Once upon a time I too thought that the future was the only competent judge of our works and actions. Later on I understood that chasing after the future is the worst conformism of all, a craven flattery of the mighty. For the future is always mightier than the present. It will pass judgement on us, of course. And without any competence.

How defenseless we are in the face of flattery!

How defenceless we are in the face of flattery!

and even if she did find them ugly, she would never say so, because flattery had long since become second nature to her

Qué indefenso está el hombre ante los elogios!