Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

Praise from the praise-worthy is beyond all rewards.

It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.

The praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards.

Give me the compliments. I love compliments. I was born modest, but it wore off.

Of course you like him; everyone enjoys flattery.

A little praise is not only merest justice but is beyond the purse of no one.

Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself.

Praise is flattery, artful, hidden, delicate, which gratifies differently him who praises and him who is praised. The one takes it as the reward of merit, the other bestows it to show his impartiality and knowledge.

Praise is always pleasing, let it come from whom, or upon what account it will.

Praising people behind their back is monstrously unfair, because the one thing you can't defend yourself against is the good that people say about you.

Let the good service of well-deservers be never rewarded with loss. Let their thanks be such as may encourage more strivers for the like.

I am not always happy with the compliments Estonia has received.

Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.

Many know how to flatter, few know how to praise.

When people recognize your work and want to reward you for what you've done, that's a good feeling.

It's very sweet to have people say nice things about you, and I always accept that.

It's always nice when people say nice things or are complimentary.

Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck.

He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.

May Honor be given to whom Honor may be due.

It has always been found, that the virtuous are far from being indifferent to praise.

Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies

Among all the diseases of the mind there is not one more epidemical or more pernicious than the love of flattery.

Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new.

Compliments aren't really a journalistic angle.