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Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor. — Francis Quarles

He did not flatter me. It was I who found his appreciation flattering. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I'm a domna. I can smile at even the ugliest toad and flatter him on his perfectly placed warts. — Susan Dennard

In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's. — Jean Rostand

A flatterer never seems absurd: The flatter'd always takes his word. — Benjamin Franklin

We are apt to be deluded into false security by political catch-words, devised to flatter rather than instruct. — James A. Garfield

The difference between slaves in Roman and Ottoman days and today's employees is that slaves did not need to flatter their boss. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

It's not a proper feedback if it's given to flatter and/or belittle someone. True feedback should be given to empower someone perform better. — Assegid Habtewold

Beware of feedback from friends whose judgments could be tainted by feelings of envy or the need to flatter. — Curtis Jackson

When in doubt, flatter the ego. — Jessica Clare

Illusions may flatter us, confuse us, or betray us, Drakkonwehr. Or they may be images we cling to when the truth is too difficult to face. — Helen C. Johannes

Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate. — William Arthur Ward

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

Don't flatter yourself. It's hard not to notice when fifty drunks are chanting your name. — Jamie McGuire

Always here in summer when we want something to chill our intelligence. Don't flatter yourself, — Oscar Wilde

Not all who discharge their debts of gratitude should flatter themselves that they are grateful. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity. — Robert Graves

There are very few designers in Hollywood today who know how to really flatter a woman's body, and Mark Zunino is at the top of my list. — Joan Collins

A dog will flatter you but you have to flatter the cat. — George Mikes

Living in Hollywood, it's easy to have someone flatter you. That doesn't help me. — Marilyn Manson

They say that if the Swiss had designed these mountains they'd be rather flatter. — Paul Theroux

I am afraid we are little better than straws upon the water; we may flatter ourselves that we swim, when the current carries us along. — Mary Wortley Montagu

It's easier to flatter a man than fight him. — Anne McCaffrey

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

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

If you see our best seller list, most of them are books that are given as gifts. They are books you give to flatter somebody. — John Gimlette

Steve Job's tombstone is flatter than anybody else's. — Niko Stoifberg

While we flatter ourselves that things remain the same, they are changing under our very eyes from year to year, from day to day. — Charlotte Perkins Gilman

And wrinkles, the damned democrats, won't flatter. — Lord Byron

To pray to God is to flatter oneself that with words one can alter nature. — Voltaire

I don't care how stylish something is if it doesn't flatter me. — Ali Larter

Better not flatter if you ain't sincere. — Toba Beta

Stannis had never learned to soften his speech, to dissemble or flatter; he said what he thought, and those that did not like it could be damned. — George R R Martin

People generally despise where they flatter. — Aristotle.

Flattery is so necessary to us that we flatter one another just to be flattered in return. — Marjorie Bowen

Taxes should be lower, flatter, and simpler, in that order. — David Boaz

The approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient. — Elizabeth Peters

...Thus have I had thee as a dream doth flatter: in sleep a king but waking no such matter. — William Shakespeare

Do not flatter yourselves: if you go to places of worship merely to look about you or to hear music, you are not worshipping God. — Charles Spurgeon

If any man flatters me, I'll flatter him again; tho' he were my best Friend. — Benjamin Franklin

He liked me because I am short. I flatter myself. He did not dislike me. He liked no one except Josephine and he liked her the way he liked chicken. — Jeanette Winterson

All of us should be on guard against beliefs that flatter ourselves. At the very least, we should check such beliefs against facts. — Thomas Sowell

From the very first I took a firm and rooted dislike to him, and I flatter myself that my first judgments are usually fairly shrewd. — Agatha Christie

MAN: Kick him-he'll forgive you. Flatter him-he may or may not see through you. But ignore him and he'll hate you — Idries Shah

When people flatter you constantly it is very tempting to think you deserve it. — Ruth Reichl

Don't flatter yourself. You aren't my type. — Tiffany Reisz

I don't flatter myself - I'm not a scientist, I'm not a conservation expert. — Edward Norton

I flatter myself [we] have in this country extinguished forever the ambitious hope of making laws for the human mind. — James Madison

Averse alike to flatter, or offend;
Not free from faults, nor yet too vain to mend. — Alexander Pope

I flatter myself, at times, that though among them, I am not of them — Anne Bronte

But I don't mean to flatter you: if you are cast in a different mould to the majority, it is no merit of yours: Nature did it. — Charlotte Bronte

Flatter me, but delicately, please, for I am fastidious. — Mason Cooley

To accuse the American male of not bathing in Paris is merely to flatter him. — Elaine Dundy

A man needs a friend not to flatter him, but to strengthen him at his weak points. — Edgar Watson Howe

If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

We flatter ourselves. Most of the real diversity in evolution has been small-scale. We large things are just flukes - an interesting side branch. — Bill Bryson

You flatter me shamelessly. I like it. Good. — Kenneth Oppel

Mankind naturally and generally love to be flatter'd. — Benjamin Franklin

You can always draw as well as you know how to. I flatter myself that I feel more than I express on canvas; but I know that is not so. — William Morris Hunt

I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near the central idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you did in two minutes. — Edward Everett

I see. Because I'm not hideous, not a drunkard, and appear to bathe regularly, you picked me. How you flatter me. — Chris Karlsen

You will get the most attention from those who hate you. No friend, no admirer and no partner will flatter you with as much curiosity. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

He who cannot love must learn to flatter. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Some men break your heart in two, Some men fawn and flatter, Some men never look at you; And that cleans up the matter. — Dorothy Parker

The fairytale is irresponsible; it is frankly imaginary, and its purpose is to gratify wishes, as a dream doth flatter. — Susanne Katherina Langer

You're insane." He smiled. "I love it when you try to flatter your way into my pants. — Suzanne Wright

Do not flatter yourselves with the belief that a mere recital of that celebrated verse in St. John makes a man a Christian. — Mahatma Gandhi

The customer is the immediate jewel of our souls. Him we flatter, him we feast, compliment, vote for, and will not contradict. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Men despise one another and flatter one another; and men wish to raise themselves above one another, and crouch before one another. — Marcus Aurelius

The rich man despises those who flatter him too much, and hates those who do not flatter him at all. — Charles Maurice De Talleyrand

Italian men are raised from birth to flatter females — Joss Stirling

To me, there are four F's in a good tax system: it ought to be flatter, fairer, finite and family-friendly. — Mike Huckabee

Critics kind never mind! Critics flatter no matter! Critics blame all the same! Do your best damn the rest! — Arthur Conan Doyle

I see this evident, that we willingly accord to piety only the services that flatter our passions. — Michel De Montaigne

Do not flatter yourself. You cannot tempt me. — Franca Storm

Because all men are apt to flatter themselves, to entertain the addition of other men's praises is most perilous. — Walter Raleigh

Revile those who flatter you. — Rumi

Our Times, a Brief History: As televisions became flatter, People became rounder. — Demetri Martin

The praise we seek for our own virtues sometimes tempts us to flatter the imperfections of other men. — Norm MacDonald

Were I to flatter myself with the possibility of success in such combat, it would indeed be presumption. — Anna Seward

Music's golden tongue Flatter'd to tears this aged man and poor. — John Keats

We deceive and flatter no one by such delicate artificies as we do our own selves. — Arthur Schopenhauer

If you flatter yourself properly you will be better able to enjoy yourself. Stretch your joy so that others enjoy you too. — Willis Regier

The more we love someone, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that true love shows itself. — Moliere

People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity. — Tacitus

When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old. — Mark Twain

Prince Vasili took the first opportunity to gain his confidence, flatter him, become intimate with him, — Leo Tolstoy

If imitation is the greatest form of flattery,
Punk, don't flatter me. — J-Ro

Who dreams of a son,
save one,
childless, having no bright
face to flatter its own,
who dreams of a son? — Hilda Doolittle

Emma knows I never flatter her, — Jane Austen

Madam, before you flatter a man so grossly to his face, you should consider whether or not your flattery is worth his having. — Samuel Johnson

The flatter the corporate hierarchy, the more likely it is that employees will communicate bad news and act upon it. — Bill Gates

Most women wish to feel that their spirit has been violated. Do they not, indeed, flatter themselves on never yielding save to force? — Honore De Balzac

No need to flatter me, Miss Price. I believe your bait worked. I'm hooked. Line and sinker. — Fisher Amelie

If you flatter somebody it will go to their heads. If you love them it will go to their hearts. — Donald Miller

The bards sing of love, they celebrate slaughter, they extol kings and flatter queens, but were I a poet I would write in praise of friendship. — Bernard Cornwell

There is scarce any man, how much soever he may despise the character of a flatterer, but will condescend in the meanest manner to flatter himself — Henry Fielding

I had to flatter them the whole evening to appease them; for old women must not be angered - they make young women's reputations. — Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos De Laclos

To laugh, to lie, to flatter, to face:
Four ways in court to win man's grace. — Roger Ascham

Flatteru is so necessary to all of us that we flatter one another to be flattered in return — Marjorie Bowen