Every sexual sin begins with flattery. – Sunday Adelaja
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. – Charles Caleb Colton
I can live for two months on a good compliment. – Mark Twain
Any halfway clever devil would decorate the highway to Hell as beautiful as possible. – Criss Jami
Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Pay with compliments and you will always be wealthy. – Mike Dolan
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. – Lord Chesterfield
You can receive all the compliments in the world, but that won’t do a thing unless you believe it yourself. – Criss Jami
Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself. – Dale Carnegie
Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it but don’t swallow it. – Hank Ketcham
Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it. – Samuel Johnson
The difference between appreciation and flattery? That is simple. One is sincere and the other insincere. One comes from the heart out; the other from the teeth out. One is unselfish; the other selfish. One is universally admired; the other universally condemned. – Dale Carnegie
Heart-stopping envy is the sincerest form of flattery. – Anna Godbersen
Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery’s the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit. – Jonathan Swift
Some folks pay a compliment like they went down in their pocket for it. – Kin Hubbard
A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool. – Edward Bulwer Lytton
Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel. – Benjamin Disraeli
Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise. – Jean Paul Richter
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering. – George Bernard Shaw
Copyright © 2006-2024 - Browse Quotes By Subject | Browse Quotes By Author | About Us | Blog | FAQ | Privacy Policy
