Charles Caleb Colton Quotes

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

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

To be sure I must; and therefore I may assume that your silence gives consent.

After a certain point, most people, including editors, will tell you everything you do is great.

You want your coach's blessing.

If you endorse somebody, it's like a stamp of approval and embracing them.

It's really great to have Harry Reid or whomever come say, 'Oh you're terrific.'

Pope had been flattered till he thought himself one of the moving powers of the system of life. When he talked of laying down his pen, those who sat round him intreated and implored; and self-love did not suffer him to suspect that they went away and laughed.

Some indeed there are who profess to despise all flattery, but even these are nevertheless to be flattered, by being told that they do despise it.

The world is grown so full of dissimulation and compliment, that men's words are hardly any signification of their thoughts.

No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.

People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are not.

The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him.

Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.

Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people.

I'm not exactly the endorsement people are seeking.

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.

When you've been going on about something for a while, it is always satisfying to discover that other people agree with you.

Boston has carried the practice of hypocrisy to the n-th degree of refinement, grace, and failure.

An ounce of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition.

The sweetest of all sounds is praise.

Oh how sweet it is to hear one's own convictions from another's lips.

Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor.

Their silence is praise enough.