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«A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect.»
«Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.»
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
(Humorist, Physician, Poet, Professor, Writer)
| About:
Courtesy,
Friendship,
Relationships,
Tact
| Keywords:
authorize, authorized, authorizes, authorizing, be intimate, come into, courtesies, courtesy, disagreeable, disagreeable person, flatter, flat out, intimates, intimate with, intimating, nearer, necessary, relation, tact
«A traveler must have the back of an ass to bear all, a tongue like the tail of a dog to flatter all, the mouth of a hog to eat what is set before him, the ear of a merchant to hear all and say nothing»
Author: Thomas Nashe
| About:
Travel
| Keywords:
Dog Eat Dog, flatter, hog, merchant, set back, tail, The Ear, traveler
«Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.»
Author: William Arthur Ward
| About:
Criticism,
Dreams,
Encouragement,
Love,
Motivation
| Keywords:
criticize, criticizes, encourage, flatter, flat out, forced, forget, forgive, Forgive and forget, ignore, may not
«... while we flatter ourselves that things remain the same, they are changing under our very eyes from year to year, from day to day.»
«For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.»
«Here comes Glib-tongue: who can out-flatter a Dedication; and lie, like ten Epitaphs.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
dedication, epitaphs, flatter, glib
«And wrinkles (the damned democrats) won't flatter»
Author: Lord Byron
| Keywords:
flatter
«But what is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means? Anybody can say charming things and try to please and to flatter, but a true friend always says unpleasant things, and does not mind giving pain. Indeed, if he is a really true friend he prefers it, for he knows that then he is doing good.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Friendship
| Keywords:
charmed, charming, exactly, flatter, flat out, Friend, friendship, give it a try, giving, going, indeed, knows, means, of one mind, pain, please, preferring, prefers, really, say, says, tried and true, try, unpleasant
«Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate»
Author: William Arthur Ward
| Keywords:
admire, blessed, envy, flatter, flat out, imitate, manipulate, manipulated, Manipulating, praise
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