What flatterers say; try to make true. ~German Proverb


Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. ~Lord Chesterfield


I can live for two months on a good compliment. ~Mark Twain


Some folks pay a compliment like they went down in their pocket for it. ~Kin Hubbard


It is great to get praise from the lips of taciturnity. ~John Addington Symonds


A person given to barefaced flattery; will usually balance the account with interest in your absence. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare; Guesses at Truth; by Two Brothers; 1827


The simple lack of her is more to me than others' presence. ~Edward Thomas


Men prefer brief praise; pitched high; women are satisfied with praise in a lower key; just so it goes on and on. ~Mignon McLaughlin; The Neurotic's Notebook; 1960


God was just showing off when he created you. ~From the movie Keeping the Faith


Women are never disarmed by compliments; men always are. ~Oscar Wilde; An Ideal Husband; 1899


Other men it is said have seen angels; but I have seen thee and thou art enough. ~George Moore


I hate careless flattery; the kind that exhausts you in your effort to believe it. ~Wilson Mizner


A compliment is usually accompanied with a bow; as if to beg pardon for paying it. ~A.W. Hare & J.C. Hare; Guesses at Truth


That guy has muscles in places most people don't have places. ~Bucky Waters; on Tom Hammonds


Marge; you're as pretty as Princess Leia and as smart as Yoda. ~Homer Simpson


Flatterers look like friends; as wolves like dogs. ~George Chapman