#flatter

Women are only children of a larger growth. A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humours and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters. ↗

— Philip Stanhope

#child #children #consults #does #flatters

Then, in the spirit of benevolence, "Your face is well balanced." She slapped him encouragingly on the back, "You have very long eyelashes. Like a cow. ↗

— S.U. Pacat

#fantasy #flattery #m-m-romance #balance

It's been many years since I had such an exemplary vegetable. ↗

— Jane Austen

#pride

When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old. ↗

— Mark Twain

#flatter #friends #getting #getting old #how

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#also #flatter #how #knows #slander

I trust it will not be giving away professional secrets to say that many readers would be surprised, perhaps shocked, at the questions which some newspaper editors will put to a defenseless woman under the guise of flattery. ↗

— Kate Chopin

#defenseless #editors #flattery #giving #guise

Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#enemy #flattering #friend #illusions #thought

The scoreline is a bit flattering really. ↗

— Kenny Dalglish

#flattering #really

Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#everyone #flattery #lay #likes #royalty