Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people in order...
Joseph Story
A woman`s flattery may inflate a man`s head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts it so that it can never again hold quite as much love for her
Helen Rowland
Music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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.
Agnetha Faltskog