Laura Linney Quotes

FLATTERY is nothing, but false friendship, fawning hypocrisy, dishonest civility, base merchandise of words…

Flattery is a juggler, and no kin unto sincerity.

Flattery is often a traffic of mutual meanness, where although both parties intend deception, neither are deceived.

A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.

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

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.

I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your efforts to believe it.

It was better to fall among crows than among flatterers; for that crows only devour the dead, but the flatterers devour the living.

Never trust a man who lays his hand on his heart when he assures you of anything.

Men sometimes think they hate flattery, but they hate only the manner of flattering.

Compliments are only lies in court clothes.

We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.

No visor does become black villainy so well as soft and tender flattery.

The girl was grateful to the young man for every bit of flattery; she wanted to linger for a moment in its warmth and so she said, 'You're very good at lying.' 'Do I look like a liar?' 'You look like you enjoy lying to women,' said the girl, and into her words there crept unawares a touch of the old anxiety, because she really did believe that her young man enjoyed lying to women.

Patience is a flatterer, sir, and an ass, sir.

It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead - these the living.

Irony is the recourse of the weak-minded wimp, I think. I hate bands that deliver their songs with knowing smiles on their faces, so that if those songs fall flat they can say 'Ah well, we never really meant it anyway.' It's so dishonest.

False praise is worse than no praise.

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 cannot think of any character below the flatterer, except he who envies him.

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

Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

There have been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them.