Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me particularly the flattery of women.

A fool flatters himself a wise man flatters the fool.

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.

I trust it will not be giving away professional secrets to say that many readers would be surprised perhaps shocked at the questions which some newspaper editors will put to a defenseless woman under the guise of flattery.

The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces nor slander us behind our backs nor intrude upon our privacy nor quit their shelves until we take them down.

Tell me not of joy: there's none Now my little sparrow's gone He just as you Would toy and woo He would chirp and flatter me He would hang the wing awhile Till at length he saw me smile Lord! how sullen he would be!

You know when someone's over-flattering you in a way. You smile but you can't believe it.

I find America falling in love with a TV show flattering and interesting but at the same time a little sad.

It's always flattering when somebody you really respect and like wants you to be involved in their project - let alone writes a part with your voice in mind.

A good historian is timeless although he is a patriot he will never flatter his country in any respect.

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.

In politics yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's.

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.

All the president is is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering kissing and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.

Poetry and consumption are the most flattering of diseases.

Even though now I'm pretty popular in my country and tennis is the No. 1 sport and I'm very flattered that the people recognise me and come up and give me compliments I'm more a person who likes to have privacy and peace.

To believe that patriotism will not flourish if patriotic ceremonies are voluntary... is to make an unflattering estimate of the appeal of our institutions to free minds.

Nevertheless the passions whether violent or not should never be so expressed as to reach the point of causing disgust and 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.

Flattery is a kind of bad money to which our vanity gives us currency.

Flatter me and I may not believe you. Criticize me and I may not like you. Ignore me and I may not forgive you. Encourage me and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.

He surprised me by his familiarity with details of movements and battles which I did not suppose had come to his knowledge. As he kept me talking for over half an hour I flattered myself that what I had to say interested him.

Republics are created by the virtue public spirit and intelligence of the citizens. They fall when the wise are banished from the public councils because they dare to be honest and the profligate are rewarded because they flatter the people in order to betray them.

Hope is a flatterer but the most upright of all parasites for she frequents the poor man's hut as well as the palace of his superior.

My theory has always been that if we are to dream the flatteries of hope are as cheap and pleasanter than the gloom of despair.