Quotes Tagged With :flattery

Presenting a humble façade gains trust; flattery appeals to ego; combine the two to gain an ego-based....

Imitation is the greatest form of flattery, but worship is the greatest form of adoration.

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

Commendation n: the tribute that we pay to achievements that resemble but do not equal our own.

A rich man's joke is always funny.

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill....

If a story is w/out flaws or doubts, it is flattery or even brainwashing. You should read it as if drinking....

Applause is the spur of noble minds the end and aim of weak ones.

aphorism 129:I would have every thought stoop and touch the Earth but that I already know the impossibility....

A compliment is a gift not to be thrown away carelessly unless you want to hurt the giver.