Quotes about Flattering

9 quotes about Flattering

Flattery attracts friends, the truth brings hate.

Flattery attracts friends, the truth brings hate.

Quote by Publius Terentius Afer about flattering

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

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

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

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

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 flattering

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

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 flattering

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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