#latter

Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine. ↗

— Hosea Ballou

#divine #former #human #latter #never

For all of those willing to help me start a family, I am flattered. I will let you know when I need your help. ↗

— Paula Abdul

#am #flattered #help #i #i am

There are significant human rights abuses in China. In some areas, the situation is worse today than in the past. In other areas, there have been improvements. We will recognize the latter, and be critical of the former. ↗

— Max Baucus

#been #china #critical #former #human

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed. ↗

— Josh Billings

#cologne #flattery #like #swallowed #water

Once again our cricketers have flattered to deceive in Australia. ↗

— Ted Dexter

#australia #cricketers #deceive #flattered #once

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#bitter #find #flatters #greedily #lie

As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task. ↗

— Diogenes

#former #friends #good #good friends #him

It's flattering if people think I'm attractive. If it helps, great, but it's not going to get in the way of me wanting to win. That's what I'm all about. ↗

— Lorrie Fair

#attractive #flattering #get #going #great

When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else. ↗

— David Brin

#always #comes #demand #else #everyone

Flattery in courtship is the highest insolence, for whilst it pretends to bestow on you more than you deserve, it is watching an opportunity to take from you what you really have. ↗

— Sarah Fielding

#courtship #deserve #flattery #highest #insolence