#flatter

Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them. ↗

— William Shakespeare

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He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer. ↗

— William Shakespeare

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

— William Shakespeare

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To be told you've won a MacArthur fellowship is very flattering and gratifying personally. ↗

— David Simon

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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. ↗

— Edith Sitwell

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Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

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Clemens, Seaver, Gibson, Maddux - I just don't see myself in that category. I'm flattered that maybe it's debatable at this point. ↗

— David Cone

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The conductor must breathe life into the score. It is you and you alone who must expose it to the understanding, reveal the hidden jewel to the sun at the most flattering angles. ↗

— Charles Munch

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I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print. ↗

— John Mortimer

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In all of my work I'm trying to create a dialogue, in which I want to provoke the recipients, stimulate them to use their own imaginations. I don't just say things recipients want to hear, flatter their egos or comfort them by agreeing with them. I have to provoke them, to take them as seriously as I take myself. ↗

— Michael Haneke

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