184 Quotes About Flattery

All too often the compliment we have just been paid is merely a repayment for the compliment we have just paid.

A great person or thing does not gain even a fraction of a single degree of greatness, when complimented; or lose it, when not complimented.

Oh, and you accuse me of flattery! Here I waddle about like a fat old duck and you try to tell me I'm lovely.

We are generally pleased the most by compliments that are insincere.

Flattery isn’t the highest compliment – parasitism is.

Hatred is the sincerest form of flattery.

The best way to flatter people is to ask them for an advice.

What a situation!' cried Miss Squeers; '...What is the reason that men fall in love with me, whether I like it or not, and desert their chosen intendeds for my sake?' 'Because they can't help it, miss,' replied the girl; 'the reason's plain.' (If Miss Squeers were the reason, it was very plain.)

Gracious ignored him. "A farmer's daughter, she was, though back then every girl was a farmer's daughter. Or a farmer. She had long hair like rope, and a nose. All her eyes were blue and she had a smile like a radiant hole in the ground, with teeth. God, she was beautiful.""She sounds terrifying," said Donegan."Hush, you. I will hear no bad word spoken of your sister.