#flatter

Worse there cannot be; a better, I believe, there may be, by giving energy to the capital and skill of the country to produce exports, by increasing which, alone, can we flatter ourselves with the prospect of finding employment for that part of our population now unemployed. ↗

— Joseph Hume

#believe #better #cannot #capital #country

An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#advice #caring #caring-for-others #companion #constructive-criticism

I live on shameless flattery...and vodka...but the two usually go hand in hand. ↗

— Vicktor Alexander

#flattery #funny #funny

baloney is flattery so thick it cannot be true; blarney is flatter so thin we like it. ↗

— Monsignor Fulton J. Sheen

#blarney #compliment #flattery #humor #humor

In the name of respecting the reality, keep the flatterers out of your life! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#life

Imitation is obviously a great form of flattery. ↗

— Peyton Manning

#form #great #imitation #obviously

In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#flatter #lie #only #politics #today

I thought this convention phenomenon was very flattering, but that's about the extent of it. ↗

— George Takei

#convention #extent #flattering #i #phenomenon

Tell me not of joy: there's none Now my little sparrow's gone; He, just as you, Would toy and woo, He would chirp and flatter me, He would hang the wing awhile, Till at length he saw me smile, Lord! how sullen he would be! ↗

— William Cartwright

#flatter #gone #hang #how #joy

Clemens, Seaver, Gibson, Maddux - I just don't see myself in that category. I'm flattered that maybe it's debatable at this point. ↗

— David Cone

#debatable #flattered #gibson #i #just