Quotes About Flattery

La flatterie n'émane jamais des grandes âmes, elle est l'apanage des petits esprits qui réussissent à se rapetisser encore pour mieux entrer dans la sphère vitale de la personne autour de laquelle ils gravitent. La flatterie sous-entend un intérêt.

Even so, it was a goodish yarn, with plenty of derring-do, and I added some derring-didn' t-really-but-it-sounds-good, just to keep up her glowing opinion of me.

One who reveals your faults to you like a mirror is your true friend, and one who flatters you and covers up your faults is your enemy.

MAN: Kick him-he'll forgive you. Flatter him-he may or may not see through you. But ignore him and he'll hate you

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PEOPLE Kick them -- they'll forgive you. Flatter them -- they may or may not see through you. But ignore, them, and they'll hate you, even if they conceal it until they die.

Reverend Brown Girl, you look so good, someone ought to put you on a plate and sop you up with a biscuit.

Nothing seduces vanity like the word "help".

Beware the flatterer: he feeds you with an empty spoon.

Evidently you think I'm a fool who will easily succumb to flattery, or else your standards are quite low.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

He stared at her. "How is it that you're cute, sexy as hell, and smarter than anyone I know?" She gave him a small smile. "It's a gift.

Because nothing says flattery like a gun to the head.

Ah. Ah! A man of modesty, either so false that it may be true or so true that it seems entirely false. I can see why Bayard speaks so well of you, sir.

The illness of deifying the boss is the illness of those who flatter their superiors hoping to get their goodwill. They are victims of careerism and opportunism, they honor people and not God.

You dont look a day older than 70!

I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalog: - No good in a bed, but fine against a wall.

Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about ourselves, we are ready to believe all that is said about us. Hence the mysterious power of both flattery and calumny.

Telling a girl she's sexy is flattering, but calling her beautiful means so much more.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery.

Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out

People who are used to constant attention and flattery become inured to the merely pleasant and become "peak seekers." They expect the highs, and when their unrealistic goals or expectations are not met, they are not simply disappointed, they are devastated.

Those who know how to praise also know how to lie.

Confidence, as opposed, to modesty and distinguished from decent assurance, proceeds from self-opinion, and is occasioned by ignorance and flattery.