#flatter

To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#even #flattering #poet #response #silence

I must not say what I truly think, or you will tell me I flatter you-but I can only speak what I feel-and very often I cannot even do that when the feeling is very deep. ↗

— Marie Corelli

#deep #even #feeling #flatter #i

The fool within himself is the object of pity, until he is flattered. ↗

— Richard Steele

#fool #himself #object #pity #until

The flattery is nice, but awards don't add up to writing quality songs. ↗

— Chantal Kreviazuk

#awards #flattery #nice #quality #songs

Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

#expense #flatterers #listen #live #them

Imitation is the sincerest flattery. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#imitation #sincerest

Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them. ↗

— Joseph Story

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I don't care how stylish something is if it doesn't flatter me. ↗

— Ali Larter

#flatter #how #i #me #something

So, I'm the Eighth Wonder of the World. It's flattering and very, very funny. ↗

— Eva Longoria

#flattering #funny #i #very #wonder

I don't flatter myself with much dependence upon the present disposition of the Eastern Indians, who are many ways liable to be drawn into a rupture with us by the artifices of the French, their own weakness and the influence which the French Missionary Priests have over them. ↗

— William Shirley

#dependence #disposition #drawn #eastern #flatter