“Music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music.”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“The aim of the liar is simply to charm, to delight, to give pleasure. He is the very basis of civilized society.”
Oscar Wilde
“But what is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means? Anybody can say charming things and try to please and to flatter, but a true friend always says unpleasant things, and does not mind giving pain. Indeed, if he is a really true friend he prefers it, for he knows that then he is doing good.”
“Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies.”
Spanish Proverb
“I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
“Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself”
Dale Carnegie
“Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it but don't swallow it.”
Hank Ketcham
