#latter

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

And, strangely, this one of the few things in life that the third, the latter, the buy with our eyes closed has actually done better than everybody else. ↗

— Jim Cramer

#better #buy #closed #done #else

I guess I'm flattered that people think I can help get things done. ↗

— Tony Dungy

#flattered #get #guess #help #i

I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it. ↗

— Janet Flanner

#gnaw #going #i #keep #keep going

I don't find offensive that I'm being labelled a babe by blokes. I'm absolutely flattered. ↗

— Kirsty Gallacher

#babe #being #blokes #find #flattered

Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#cherish #great #his #however #just

When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#becomes #courtesy #irresistible #latter #restraint

Imitation is the sincerest flattery. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#imitation #sincerest

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

#common man #demands #distinguish #excellent #excellent man

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

#because #betray #citizens #councils #created