You May Also Like / View all maxioms
We sometimes think that we hate flattery, but we only hate the
manner in which it is done.
read more
We sometimes think that we hate flattery, but we only hate the
manner in which it is done.
[Fr., On croit quelquefoir hair la flatterie; maid on ne hait que
a maniere de flatter.]
Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed.
Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed.
It has been well said that "the arch-flatterer with whom all the
petty flatterers have intelligence is a man's read more
It has been well said that "the arch-flatterer with whom all the
petty flatterers have intelligence is a man's self."
They who delight to be flattered, pay for their folly by a late
repentance.
[Lat., Qu se laudari read more
They who delight to be flattered, pay for their folly by a late
repentance.
[Lat., Qu se laudari gaudent verbis subdolis,
Sera dant peonas turpes poenitentia.]
A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts read more
A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts it so that it can never again hold quite as much love for her
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth
flattering.
If you can't love, learn how to flatter.
If you can't love, learn how to flatter.
Where Young must torture his invention
To flatter knaves, or lose his pension.
Where Young must torture his invention
To flatter knaves, or lose his pension.
He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.
He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.
