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| Flattery Quotes Flattery Definition |
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Imitation is flattery, and The Hills Have Eyes is a classic.
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Michael Berryman Imitation is the highest form of flattery, but clones kind of get it wrong because we are promoting individuality and being proud of being yourself. Brian Molko Imitation is the sincerest flattery. Mohandas Gandhi Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Charles Caleb Colton Immigration is the sincerest form of flattery. Jack Paar Knavery and flattery are blood relations. Abraham Lincoln Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. Joyce Brothers None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not. Baruch Spinoza Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest. Jonathan Swift One may define flattery as a base companionship which is most advantageous to the flatterer. Theophrastus Said I was beautiful, did he? He's being paid for treatment, not flattery. Lillie Langtry Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women. Carroll O'Connor The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves. Edith Sitwell The flattery is nice, but awards don't add up to writing quality songs. Chantal Kreviazuk The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing. Jorge Luis Borges The love of one's own sex is precious, for it is neither provoked by vanity nor retained by flattery; it is genuine and sincere. Maria Mitchell This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for what I've done. Which is gratifying, but it's kind of a little late. Jack Vance To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery. John Churton Collins We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly. Jean de la Bruyere |
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