Quotes:On the making of hit movie Spiderman: They put me in this big harness. It was really unf
lattering to the figure.
View quotes by Kirsten DunstThus have I had thee, as a dream doth f
latter, In sleep a king, but, waking, no such matter. Sonnet 87
View quotes by William ShakespeareMore people are f
lattered into virtue than bullied out of vice.
View quotes by R S SurteesImitation is the sincerest form of f
lattery (Lacon)
View quotes by Charles Caleb ColtonI saw the spiders marching through the air,
Swimming from tree to tree that mildewed day
In
latter August when the hay
Came creaking to the barn.
View quotes by Robert LowellMorris read through the letter. Was it a shade too fulsome? No, that was another law of academic life: it is impossible to be excessive in f
lattery of one's peers.
View quotes by David LodgeThus when we fondly f
latter our desires,
Our best conceits do prove the greatest liars. (The Barons' Wars)
View quotes by Michael DraytonYou are always f
lattered when big clubs are interested in you.
View quotes by Rio FerdinandGet off, you look ugly (to a blood sp
lattered player during a game)
View quotes by Peter MarshallHere lies he who neither feared nor f
lattered any flesh (of John Knox)
View quotes by James DouglasTo ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for f
lattery (Maxims and Reflections)
View quotes by John CollinsI disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it (Attributed to Voltaire, but the words are in fact S.G. Tallentyre's summary of his attitude to Helvetius following the burning of the
latter's De l'esprit in 1759)
View quotes by VoltaireI am I plus my surroundings, and if I do not preserve this
latter I do not preserve myself
View quotes by Jose Ortega Y GassetI am, I f
latter myself, completely a citizen of the world. In my travels through Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Corsica, France, I never felt myself from home.
View quotes by James BoswellThose who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the
latter are stronger.
View quotes by Coco ChanelScience is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the
latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club.
View quotes by Thomas HuxleyThere are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the
latter ignorance.
View quotes by HippocratesThere is no other way of guarding oneself against f
lattery 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 Prince
View quotes by Niccolo MachiavelliThe difference between a moral man and a man of honour is that the
latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.
View quotes by Henry L MenckenThe most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon them to propagate their kind, the
latter to preserve themselves.
View quotes by Joseph AddisonNever let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the
latter is divine.
View quotes by Hosea BallouF
lattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.
View quotes by Josh BillingsHe who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and f
latterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars.
View quotes by William BlakeWe should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies f
lattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.
View quotes by Jean De La BruyereIf those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and youth, the former from the year, the
latter from human life.
View quotes by Honore De BalzacAll the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time f
lattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.
View quotes by Harry S TrumanThe aim of f
lattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.
View quotes by Dame Edith SitwellWhen the strong box contains no more both friends and f
latterers shun the door.
View quotes by PlutarchIt is simpler and easier to f
latter people than to praise them.
View quotes by Jean Paul RichterPeople may f
latter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues.
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