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Imitation isn't the sincerest form of flattery - it's plagiarism.
Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
Flattery is a base coin which is current only through our vanity.
Flattery.... gets its kicks by flirting with insult and ridicule.
I am an actor and of course I respond very positively to flattery.
If we never flattered ourselves we should have but scant pleasure.
O Beauty, find thyself in love, not in the flattery of thy mirror.
A flatterer never seems absurd: The flatter'd always takes his word.
Sarcasm is the lowest form of humor but the highest form of flattery.
Alas! the praise given to the ear Ne'er was nor ne'er can be sincere.
If imitation is the greatest form of flattery, Punk, don't flatter me.
Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.
flattery would be worse than vain; there is no consolation in flattery.
There is no flattery so adroit or effectual as that of implicit assent.
What drink'st thou oft, instead of homage sweet, But poisoned flattery?
Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
Some folks pay a compliment like they went down in their pocket for it.
Flattery is a foolish suicide; she destroys herself with her own hands.
The flattery is nice, but awards don't add up to writing quality songs.
No visor does become black villainy so well as soft and tender flattery.
Sometimes, you can learn more from criticism than you can from flattery.
The most dangerous of all flattery is the inferiority of those about us.
The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.
He does me double wrong That wounds me with the flatteries of his tongue.
To pay attention to flattery or criticism is a waste of time for artists.
Said I was beautiful, did he? He's being paid for treatment, not flattery.
Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame a flatterer.
Few human beings are proof against the implied flattery of rapt attention.
When the world frowns, we can face it; but let it smile, and we are undone.
Like pollen on a honeybee, flattery clings to the things you tell yourself.
Look closely at those who patronize you. Half are unfeeling, half untaught.
Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself.
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
If any man flatters me, I'll flatter him again; tho' he were my best Friend.
Nothing says, 'I pay attention to detail!' like footwear flattery from a boy.
Flattery will get you everywhere," Sam says, "Except, apparently, off a roof.
When we seek appreciation from others, we get not appreciation, but flattery.
A few good compliments produce a wealth of good and often financial benefits.
Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren't present.
The most subtle flattery that a woman can receive is by actions, not by words.
Where Young must torture his invention To flatter knaves, or lose his pension.
Money is the sincerest of all flattery. Women love to be flattered. So do men.
Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an agreeable manner.
A man who flatters a woman hopes either to find her a fool or to make her one.
Flattery is false money, which would not be current were it not for our vanity.
I don't think imitation is the highest form of flattery, I think it's annoying.
We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.
I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your efforts to believe it.
I do not listen to criticism or flattery, one weakens you and the other angers you.
We would seldom be deceived by flattery, did our own conceit not promote the delusion.