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Letter "F" » flattery
«No matter what other nations may say about the United States, immigration is still the sincerest form of flattery.»
«My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen - no retouching, no shadows, no flattery - just stark me»
«The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.»
«The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny; flattery to treachery; standing armies to arbitrary government; and the glory of God to the temporal interest of the clergy.»
«Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.»
«The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing.»
«The habitude of pleasing by flattery makes a language soft; the fear of offending by truth makes it circuitous and conventional»
«Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person»
Author: Lord Chesterfield (Diplomat, Statesman, Wit) | About: Women | Keywords: flattery, insensible
«There is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by letting men understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth; but when everyone can tell you the truth, you lose their respect.»
«The ambitious are forever followed by adulation for they receive the most pleasure from flattery.»

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