flattery

Some praise at morning what they blame at night.

Applause is the spur of noble minds the end and aim of weak ones.

Imitation is the sincerest (form) of flattery.

A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.

Men are like stone jugs - you may lug them where you like by the ears.

It is easy to flatter it is harder to praise.

Their throat is an open sepulchre they flatter with their tongue.

O that men's ears should be To counsel deaf but not to flattery!

The public wants work which flatters its illusions.

Heart-stopping envy is the sincerest form of flattery.

The thought that is billed at the price of fear and flattery is as inconsolable as that which is paid for at the price of gold. - On Fear and Thought.

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

What Melanie did was no more than all Southern girls were taught to do: to make those about them feel at ease and pleased with themselves. It was this happy feminine conspiracy which made Southern society so pleasant. Women knew that a land in which men were contented, uncontradicted, and safe in possession of unpunctured vanity was likely to be a very pleasant place for women to live. So from the cradle to the grave, women strove to make men pleased with themselves, and the satisfied men repaid lavishly with gallantry and adoration. In fact, men willingly gave the ladies everything in the world, except credit for having intelligence.Scarlett exercised the same charms as Melanie but with a studied artistry and consummate skill. The difference between the two girls lay in the fact that Melanie spoke kind and flattering words from a desire to make people happy, if only temporarily, and Scarlett never did it except to further her own aims.

There really is no sense in pretending to be normal. Just be you because the moment you do, weirder things happen. Crazy comes back into fashion and every woman has to go out and find her some.

He stepped down, avoiding any long look at her as one avoids long looks at the sun, but seeing her as one sees the sun, without looking.

Imitation is the highest form of flattery. Try not to see it as an invitation to compete.

To flatter a young man, tell him that you thought that he was older than he is. To flatter an old woman, tell her that you thought that she was younger than she is.

Nice words and nice appearance doesn't conclude that someone is nice, i believe that the nicer you look, the more deceptive you appear.