Quotes by Flattery Flattery labors under the odious charge of servility. Tacitus servility flattery labor Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. Tacitus flattery kind enemy One may define flattery as a base companionship which is most advantageous to the flatterer. Theophrastus companionship flattery may Don't flatter the rich, or appear to willing before the great. Thomas a Kempis flattery rich willing Flattery is a juggler, and no kin unto sincerity. Thomas Browne jugglers flattery sincerity Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me. Thomas a Kempis flattery criticism praise A flatterer is the shadow of a fool. Thomas Overbury flattery fool shadow Copying or imitation is the highest form of flattery. Tito Sotto copying flattery form I have always found it interesting... that there are people who regard copyright infringement as a form of flattery. Tom Lehrer flattery people interesting Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art . Thomas Jefferson flattery art The god-who-serves-ME requires flattery, not worship. Tom Wells flattery worship Not kings alone--the people, too, have their flatterers. Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau flattery kings people Because all men are apt to flatter themselves, to entertain the addition of other men's praises is most perilous. Walter Raleigh flattery praise men Cats like men are flatterers. Walter Savage Landor flattery cat men But it is hard to know them from friends, they are so obsequious and full of protestations; for a wolf resembles a dog, so doth a flatterer a friend. Walter Raleigh flattery dog knows The habit of pleasing by flattery makes a language soft; the fear of offending by truth makes it circuitous and conventional. Walter Savage Landor offending flattery language Slander, in the strict meaning of the term, comes under the head of lying; but it is a kind of lying which, like its antithesis flattery, ought to be set apart for special censure. Washington Gladden flattery special lying Flattery must be pretty thick before anybody objects to it. William Feather flattery objects thick There is no flattery so adroit or effectual as that of implicit assent. William Hazlitt implicit flattery A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears. William Makepeace Thackeray flattery fool ears «23456789101112»
