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Flattery attracts friends, the truth brings hate.

Flattery attracts friends, the truth brings hate.

Quote by Publius Terentius Afer about friendship, flattering, hate, truth

There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self.

Quote by Francis Bacon about moral, self-control, man

It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?

Quote by Jane Austen about flattering, happiness, talent, moment

What I think happens, and that you have to acknowledge though, is that a director uses a book as a launching pad for his own work and that's always very flattering.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about flattering, work

Bridget Jones is part of literary lore now and actually...

Bridget Jones is part of literary lore now and actually to be a part of it is enormously flattering.

Quote by Colin Firth about flattering, literary critic

I don't know if I'm a heartthrob or if I want to be one. I heard that I get the most fan mail. It's very flattering, and lovely to be popular with the public.

Quote by Christopher Parker about flattering, public

To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a...

To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.

Quote by Sidonie - Gabrielle Colette about poetry, flattering, silence, poets

By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look...

By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword.

Quote by Oscar Wilde about poetry, flattering, bitter, kiss, word, man

A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and...

A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about life

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond...

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about water, society, americans

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

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

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and...

To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment.

Quote by Jane Austen about joy, state, being

Well, there's a remedy for all things but death, which...

Well, there's a remedy for all things but death, which will be sure to lay us flat one time or other.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about death, things, time

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his...

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about proudness, wife, happiness, nothing, man

A flat will occur during the heaviest downpour after dark.

A flat will occur during the heaviest downpour after dark.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cars, dark

A flat will occur when you are without a spare.

A flat will occur when you are without a spare.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cars

A flat won't occur while you have spare wheel.

A flat won't occur while you have spare wheel.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cars

One flat bed trailer loaded with armed cowboys really can...

One flat bed trailer loaded with armed cowboys really can depose Castro on Friday, Sadam.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cowboys

If there's a flat surface, someone will put something on it.

If there's a flat surface, someone will put something on it.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy

I may be a living legend, but that sure don't help when...

I may be a living legend, but that sure don't help when I've got to change a flat tire.

Quote by Roy Orbison about help, change

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