Pastoral Resources

Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.

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

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.

The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing.

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

Flattery is the infantry of negotiation.

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.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Flattery and insults raise the same question: What do you want?

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

I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything.

Flattery in courtship is the highest insolence, for whilst it pretends to bestow on you more than you deserve, it is watching an opportunity to take from you what you really have.

Advertising - a judicious mixture of flattery and threats.

Imitation is the sincerest flattery.

Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it but don't swallow it.

The flattery is nice, but awards don't add up to writing quality songs.

Said I was beautiful, did he? He's being paid for treatment, not flattery.