#flatter

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

— William Shakespeare

#flatterer #loves #worthy

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

— William Shakespeare

#flattered #great #great men #loved #many

Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites; for she frequents the poor man's hut, as well as the palace of his superior. ↗

— William Shenstone

#his #hope #hut #man #most

I thought this convention phenomenon was very flattering, but that's about the extent of it. ↗

— George Takei

#convention #extent #flattering #i #phenomenon

Imitation is flattery, and The Hills Have Eyes is a classic. ↗

— Michael Berryman

#eyes #flattery #hills #imitation

Mathematicians may flatter themselves that they possess new ideas which mere human language is as yet unable to express. ↗

— James C. Maxwell

#flatter #human #human language #ideas #language

What a situation!' cried Miss Squeers; '...What is the reason that men fall in love with me, whether I like it or not, and desert their chosen intendeds for my sake?' 'Because they can't help it, miss,' replied the girl; 'the reason's plain.' (If Miss Squeers were the reason, it was very plain.) ↗

— Charles Dickens

#humor #plain #vanity #love

I was on the cover of a lot of newspapers. I was on the cover of USA Today for every single day for a month. I was on the masthead, so I tend to get recognized a lot, and in weird places. It's always flattering, and it's always odd. It's always at the worst possible time. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#cover #day #every #every single day #flattering

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

#dread #fear #fearful #feel #flattered

I live on shameless flattery...and vodka...but the two usually go hand in hand. ↗

— Vicktor Alexander

#flattery #funny #funny