Quotes About Flattery

Revile those who flatter you.

Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you." —Dale Carnegie

He who is the real tyrant, whatever men may think, is the real slave, and is obliged to practise the greatest adulation and servility, and to be the flatterer of the vilest of mankind. He has desires which he is utterly unable to satisfy, and has more wants than any one, and is truly poor, if you know how to inspect the whole soul of him: all his life long he is beset with fear and is full of convulsions, and distractions, even as the State which he resembles: and surely the resemblance holds?

Oh, Claire, he said. You think me a far better man than I am. That's kind, and flattering. Are you saying that you - Doughnuts! Myrnin interrupted her and darted away, to zip back in seconds with an open box.

Engullimos de un sorbo la mentira que nos adula y bebemos gota a gota la verdad que nos amarga.

But Godenheimer's had the best and cheapest silver foxes, and buttered Frau Breitwehr up, and called her "Madam" every other sentence. So she bought the silver fox fur. When she wears it, they look like a rich fur taking a poor woman out for a walk.

He did tell me that he wanted to get me into the movies — well, I pretended not to hear it. They just can't help themselves. It's a male sickness to tell every girl that they are the top executive of a film studio or at least that they have great connections. All I'm asking myself is if there are still any girls left who fall for that.

Abhor flatterers as you would deceivers; for both, if trusted, injure those who trust them.

He that flatters you more than you desire either has deceived you or wishes to deceive.

When it comes to naming things, vanity and flattery are dull motivations best suited for deciding on a child's middle name. Much more interesting are the descriptive names that suggest a story or happening of interest.

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

Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.

Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.

It happens sometimes. A man is made chieftain and, soon all that is important to him is his status. He becomes deaf to any voice that doesn't try to soothe and cosset him. Before long, he only listens to those who tell him what he wants to hear.

More people are flattered into virtue than bullied out of vice.

People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues.

The world is a king, and, like a king, desires flattery in return for favor; but true art is selfish and perverse—it will not submit to the mold of flattery.

The suggestion, however, regarding my age – that I am perhaps not quite fifty years old – would flatter me immensely. For it is many years now since I have been able to say in all honesty that I have only seen half a century. This is simply the age, or at least the visual representation of an age, at which I have been stuck for a large proportion of my 256 years of life. I am an old man.

A man who flatterers his neighbor, spreads a net for his feet

Porque 'no es aprobado el que se halaga a sí mismo, sino aquel a quien el Señor halaga'.

Backstabbers will almost always seek to gain your trust, and this usually involves some form or flattery on their part.

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

Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.

Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old.