Quotes About Flattery

A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.

O, that men's ears should be To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!

Their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.

Flattery makes friends, truth enemies.

To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment.

It's flattering that people want to know so much about me and want to take the time to make up that many things about me.

So he wanted a night of sex with the voluptuous Lady Grafton, it looked as though the old mainstay of suave flattery was on the agenda. Perhaps even a hitherto unpracticed sincerity might be of use. Which called into questions what exactly he was sincere about? Other than sex.

Sometimes it's flattering when people copy you, but sometimes it gets to a breaking point.

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.

It is quite annoying that we have to change the sound we invented just to avoid sounding like people who simply copy us, but... it is flattering and of course challenging.

Nothing like a bit of flattery to grease the wheels.

Be careful. He uses that line on all the girls.

We are all fine builders of "alibis" and creators of "excuses" in support of our short-comings. We are not seeking facts and truths as they are, but, as we wish them to be. We prefer honeyed words of flattery to those of cold, unbiased truth, wherein lies the weakest spot of the man-animal.

We are all fine builders of "alibis" and creators of "excuses" in support of our short-comings. We are not seeking facts and truths as they are, but, as we wish them to be. We prefer honeyed words of flattery to those of cold, unbiased truth, wherein lies the weakest spot of the man-animal. Furthermore, we are up in arms against those who dare to uncover the truth for our benefit.

The difference between slaves in Roman and Ottoman days and today's employees is that slaves did not need to flatter their boss.

You will get the most attention from those who hate you. No friend, no admirer, and no partner will flatter you with as much curiosity

She wondered if perhaps the man had been sent to end her by flattering her to death.

Beware of those quick to praise, for they need praise in return.

I had some glamour models messaging me on Twitter and saying they think I'm hot, but I'm being careful.

When a little kid comes up to me and asks for an autograph, that's the most amazing compliment I can even imagine.

In a voice that sounds the way a can of cheap dog food would sound if a can of cheap dog food could speak, he tells you you are looking well.

We are a nation of fence-sitters, face-flatterers and back-biters.

Flattery is the province of fools—those who give it and those who believe it.