(108 quotes found)
“He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.”
William Shakespeare
“Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise”
William Penn
“If we did not flatter ourselves, nobody else could”
Proverb
“Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.”
Jean de La Fontaine
“But when I tell him he hates flatterers, He says he does, being then most flattered”
“Flatterers haunt not cottages”
“I'm flattered to be compared to (J.K.) Rowling because I think she's done an incredible amount for readers and fantasy. I'm a huge fan of hers, ... But the story and the world that I write about is completely different from Hogwarts and present-day Britain.”
Christopher Paolini
“An Englishman, / Being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.”
George Chapman
“Some folks are continually making changes. I flatter myself that I like new ventures and new experiences. But when it comes to fundamentals I believe in finding the right foundations and building on them. I'm a poor changer.”
William Danforth