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Flattery attracts friends, the truth brings hate.

Flattery attracts friends, the truth brings hate.

Quote by Publius Terentius Afer about friendship, flattering, hate, truth

There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self.

Quote by Francis Bacon about moral, self-control, man

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?

Quote by Jane Austen about flattering, happiness, talent, moment

What I think happens, and that you have to acknowledge though, is that a director uses a book as a launching pad for his own work and that's always very flattering.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about flattering, work

Bridget Jones is part of literary lore now and actually...

Bridget Jones is part of literary lore now and actually to be a part of it is enormously flattering.

Quote by Colin Firth about flattering, literary critic

I don't know if I'm a heartthrob or if I want to be one. I heard that I get the most fan mail. It's very flattering, and lovely to be popular with the public.

Quote by Christopher Parker about flattering, public

To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a...

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

Quote by Sidonie - Gabrielle Colette about poetry, flattering, silence, poets

By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look...

By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword.

Quote by Oscar Wilde about poetry, flattering, bitter, kiss, word, man

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and...

To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment.

Quote by Jane Austen about joy, state, being

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his...

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about proudness, wife, happiness, nothing, man

A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, ...

A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect.

Quote by Francois de Salignac de la Mothe-Fenelon about homeland, country, respect, good, good luck

It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear.

It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear.

Quote by Italo Calvino about flattering, voice

The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them;...

The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.

Quote by Molière about friendship, love, nothing

So unreal, so unsure of itself, the body is continually flatter and cursed -derisory, fragile limit between my conscience and world. Dissertation on body, 2010 RightWords Translation

Quote by Iulian Boldea about body, limits, conscience, world

The one who likes flattery is worthy of flattery.

The one who likes flattery is worthy of flattery.

Quote by Tudor Vianu about flattering

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