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Now flattery can never do good; twice cursed in the giving and the receiving, it ought to be  (Flattery Quotes) It is worth thought what kind of mind or condition or disposition is open to flattery; for poison would not be spread if the rats ate it not  (Flattery Quotes) I have always found it interesting... that there are people who regard copyright infringement as a form of flattery  (Flattery Quotes) I don’t think imitation is the highest form of flattery, I think it’s annoying  (Flattery Quotes) Since you are my readers, and I have not been much of a traveler, I will not talk about people a thousand miles off, but come as near home as I can. As the time is short, I will leave out all the flattery, and retain all the criticism  (Flattery Quotes) We never slam the door on flattery, we nudge it shut like a man rejecting his mistress: if she nudges back, we’re delighted? and if she breaks it down, we rejoice  (Flattery Quotes) Ausonius must be read to be believed! As poet, no subject is too trivial for him; as courtier, no flattery too excessive  (Flattery Quotes) Fearing no insult, asking for no crown, receive with indifference both flattery and slander, and do not argue with a fool  (Flattery Quotes) There’s two things that you don’t listen to: flattery, which can’t help you, and abuse, which can’t hurt you. You have to look at the facts  (Flattery Quotes) People who wish to numb our caution in dealing with them by means of flattery are employing a dangerous expedient, like a sleeping draught, which, if it does not put us to sleep, keeps us all the more awake  (Flattery Quotes) No man of high and generous spirit is ever willing to indulge in flattery; the good may feel affection for others, but will not flatter them  (Flattery Quotes) The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing  (Flattery Quotes) None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not  (Flattery Quotes) 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  (Flattery Quotes) If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches which are not due to them, they likewise receive praises which they do not deserve  (Flattery Quotes) Some indeed there are who profess to despise all flattery, but even these are nevertheless to be flattered, by being told that they do despise it  (Flattery Quotes) Flattery pleases very generally. In the first place, the flatterer may think what he says to be true; but, in the second place, whether he thinks so or not, he certainly thinks those whom he flatters of consequence enough to be flattered  (Flattery Quotes) It is necessary to the success of flattery, that it be accommodated to particular circumstances or characters, and enter the heart on that side where the passions are ready to receive it  (Flattery Quotes) Love of flattery, in most men, proceeds from the mean opinion they have of themselves; in women, from the contrary  (Flattery Quotes) Madam, before you flatter a man so grossly to his face, you should consider whether or not your flattery is worth his having  (Flattery Quotes) Can honor’s voice provoke the silent dust, or flattery soothe the dull, cold ear of death?  (Flattery Quotes) It is scarcely credible to what degree discernment may be dazzled by the mist of pride, and wisdom infatuated by the intoxication of flattery  (Flattery Quotes) Flattery is no more than what raises in a man’s mind an idea of a preference which he has not  (Flattery Quotes) The mischief of flattery is, not that it persuades any man that he is what he is not, but that it suppresses the influence of honest ambition, by raising an opinion that honour may be gained without the toil of merit  (Flattery Quotes) Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person  (Flattery Quotes) In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning  (Flattery Quotes) 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  (Flattery Quotes) Complimenting someone in an exaggerated way is known as flattery, and flattery will generally get you anything you want  (Flattery Quotes) Never was flattery lost on a poet’s ear; a simple race, they waste their toil for the vain tribute of a smile  (Flattery Quotes) What signifies protesting so against flattery when a person speaks well of one, it must either be true or false, you know if true, let us rejoice in his good opinion if he lies, it is a proof at least that he loves more to please me, than to sit s  (Flattery Quotes)
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