flattery

Friendship, like the morning fog, like purity, flattery does not get it, friendship can only be faithful to consolidate.

"Had he been born in Europe he might have been another Napoleon, " said the stupid Georgian prince with a gift of flattery.

However, a Chinese professor said, "The list is the latest sign of the U. S. media's change from China bashing to China flattery. "

Flattery: "I have been a fan of your work for a long time. . . " ; "It has always been my dream to work for your company. . . "

After all, when someone says something pleasant to you directly, it's easy to discount it as mere politeness, or even flattery.

He said the closed-door session Saturday was "outstanding" and "free of flattery. "

Arriving at Forbes, he found a second-rate investment magazine running flattery about corporations.

He thinks by all this fast talking and flattery he can pull the wool over her eyes, but she isn't deceived.

Remember that a man also needs appreciation and flattery. If he gets it from his wife, he's far less likely to look for it elsewhere.

He said that all of it, the flattery and the secret meetings, were only to make me sorry for what I had done.

Society turned against him, as lavish now with calumny and spite as it had been with praise and flattery.

The authors speculated that the susceptibility to flattery stemmed from a simple desire to feel good about themselves.

Enter the door, there was no gallery, as previously seen, as the smell from the hospitality of flattery, and endless self-praise.

Now, however, the so-called highest form of flattery appears to be extending to that most basic of commodities: crop seeds.

I'm glad to hear that my beauty transcends words, but flattery will get you nowhere. You won't get any of my chocolates.

And I wrote him saying, "You are too flattery to me. You don't agree with me on various points and you ought to develop them. "

As the researcher points out, men lower their standards when it comes to , so the presumed flattery is a fantasy or close to it.

I can say to you, without any flattery, that you appear to be so beautiful in that dress.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery indeed, but remember that Facebook's user base is still much larger than Twitter's.

The constant flattery from his subordinates made him bigheaded.

In vain by respectful condescension and kind flattery this matchless mother tried to soothe the sorrows of her daughter-in-law.

That guy is a pushover for flattery. If you want him to help you, all you have to do is polish an apple.

Though the words may sting, a real friend tells the truth; though flattery has no teeth, it can devour your bones.

So we were delighted when Jane Brown got the promotion Jake was after with all his kissing up and flattery.

If all the animals along the equator were capable of flattery, then Thanksgiving and Halloween would fall on the same date.

You know we never used flattery , nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed-- God is our witness .

The fox knew that he had been fooled by his flattery.

Prince Vorontsov tried to moderate the waves of flattery which began to flow over him .

For almost everyone else, however, subtle mimicry comes across as a form of flattery, the physical dance of charm itself.

When the truth takes the form of pointing out their faults, people find it unbearable. That's how flattery developed!

And so I kind of accepted the flattery and the praise and put it out of my mind.

Imitation is the highest form of flattery, but it could create hostility between you and your friend.

Their creativity and poetry to vent their anger or self-comfort, or flattery-mei into the body of the Lord's order.

The greater one's love for a person, the less room for flattery. The proof of true love is to be unsparing in criticism.

Do it up right with a sentimental card that explains how really great they are (remember the flattery tactic above).

Smile from the heart, neither overbearing nor servile, neither the weak fool, or the flattery of the powerful.

Goldman's relationship bankers were the most skilled practitioners of flattery I had ever seen. And, of course, clients loved them.

Officer: Got something in your eyes? [Wei shakes her head] Good, 'cause flattery won't work with an officer of the law.

It did not sound at all like flattery.

Listening and responding carefully may be the sincerest form of flattery.

The absurdity of this male flattery reached its peak in the public academic art of the nineteenth century.

That Monkey King and his men heard the Zhefan lie very proud and happy to be told of this wonderful gift for flattery people.

The pretty girl got so much flattery that it quite turned her head.

As the old saying goes, "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. "

Don't try to impress me with flattery.

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

Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out.

if they were lucky, trader colleagues might slap them on the back and call them, half in flattery, "rocket scientists" .

But that is one of the fallacies of our happy age which takes to self-flattery as a duck takes to water.

He kept his head in the face of flattery.

Sometimes, however, flattery will get you nothing from one who has had too much of it.

in a city where flattery was the daily currency of conversation , jill fearlessly spoke her mind.

Oh, my! Flattery will get you everywhere! I'll wait for you in the Chamber of Rites. Come by at your earliest convenience.

IMITATION is supposed to be the sincerest form of flattery, but that is not how most brands see it.

Ahab would rather hear cheap flattery from false prophets than to have someone tell him how sinfully damaged he is.

imitation is one of the most sincere forms of flattery- perhaps?

Flattery won't get you anywhere. ---Thank you for your advice.

"Christians are not to stoop to flattery. " Some Christians fear that any verbal affirmation is pretentious.

If flattery ( insincere praise) is recognized, it will not succeed. One sometimes hears the opposite, Flattery will get you everywhere.

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Apple has it in droves.

You know the cliche? imitation is the highest form of flattery.

I was a promising one English majors of confusion, our school of foreign language teaching is not flattery.

Encouraging words produce leaders and inspire followers, but flattery destroys confidence and demeans the recipient.

Mountains of gold would NOT seduce some man, yet flattery would break them down.

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

If imitation really is the highest form of flattery, then some Chinese businesses are paying Apple a strange compliment.

To persuade or attempt to persuade by flattery or guile; cajole.

For if I were skilled in flattery, my Maker would soon take me away.

Every time he walked into a room, the flattery began.

It did not sound like flattery.

Ambition in the regions of a despotic and luxurious court was but the contest of flattery and craft.

They will also, if the past is any indication, turn up as the sincerest form of flattery in other people's lines.

She had a feminine gift for delicate flattery .

If you allow yourself to be misled by attacks or flattery, you won't reach your destination.

So I think Ambrose Bierce must have been wrong about God being called lord for the purposes of flattery only.

In truth, flattery is good medicine for most of us, who get so little of it.

O Beauty, find yourself in love, not in the flattery of your mirror.

I pure love you, do not confuse praise for the flattery.

I'm afraid you've fallen prey to his effortless flattery. Don't trust everything he says.

Will creating our own simulacra complete Yahweh's genesis in an act of true flattery?

Her body went gooseflesh at over when she overheard all the flattery Henry was paying to his boss .

I'm sure the sites won't mind, after all imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.

Therefore, treasures the fate well, the flattery disperses, leaves too haggled over, perhaps which day gathered.

Imitation really is the sincerest form of flattery.

The Harvard Business Review recounts an experiment researchers did to prove the effectiveness of flattery.

Cui Jie indicated that Xie Jin is one upright and never stooping to flattery, the very earnest person.

This is a more principled strategy than flattery, and less risky than walking or whingeing, but it is not wholly satisfactory either.

Patron: commonly a wretch who supports with insolence, and is paid with flattery.

As predicted, engaging in self-criticism amplified the effect of flattery on implicit attitudes while self-affirmation tempered this effect.

Flattery will get you nowhere with me, you impudent fellow!

As predicted, engaging in self-criticism amplified the effect of flattery on implicit attitudes while self-affirmation tempered this effect.

Flattery will get you nowhere with me, you impudent fellow!

But while flattery may be acceptable, copying someone else's work and passing it off as your own is dishonest.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Remember, everyone loves flattery, but don't go over the top.

But today I have no time to hear your flattery.

Don't be afraid to use flattery to get what you want.

Flattery is the name of the game. 2. Flattery paved the way to his post.

The greater a man is , the more distasteful is praise and flattery to him. John Burroughs , American naturalist.

I was disgusted by his fulsome flattery.

I was disgusted by his fulsome flattery.

This might show his followers how puny and weak was his power and how empty their flattery.

Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.

Beatrice: These souls below, stewed in human filth, suffer for the crime of flattery.

yet might Ahab have escaped a bloody death, had he but stopped his ears to flattery, and opened them to faithful counsel.

Dearest lady, consider with yourself what your flattery is worth, before you bestow it so freely.

It's not a flattery word for a man near his thirty's.

I am a serious and responsible work, do not like flattery, pragmatic people, hardworking, team spirit, can get along with colleagues.

I can say to you, without any flattery, that the Chinese way of co-operations is more inventive and fruitful than others.

O beauty, find thyself in love, not in the flattery of the mirror.

O beauty, find thyself in love, not in the flattery of the mirror.

Envy is the sincerest form of flattery.

Among such friends, however, and such flattery, he did revive .

if the cup of spiritual flattery tastes sweet to me, then I know nothing of Calvary love.

coax To persuade or try to persuade by pleading or flattery; cajole.

Flattery words may be cheatable, but true love and false feelings can easily be distinguished.

But playing to India's well-known weakness for flattery, he will honour it with his presidency's first state dinner later this month.

I can say to you, without any flattery, that the Chinese way of cooperation is more inventive and fruitful than.

Flattery is a honey that costs the least money.

He was not taking any of the flattery.

He was not taking any of the flattery.

They refuse the low-road of empty flattery and choose the high road of trust and commitment instead.

Again, focus on inanimate objects or things and most likely your flattery will be well received.

To urge with gentle and repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery; wheedle.

Work in such a way that makes your boss look good. It's not flattery .

Love of Flattery in most Men proceeds from the mean opinion they have of themselves; in Women from the contrary.

Beauty, search thyself in love, not in the flattery of thy mirror.

A compliment is sincere and genuine while flattery most often is the opposite.

Even Better Than the Real Thing: Early in my career I learned that flattery works in business.

My wife pulls into the street parade, receive flattery or compliment, she what sin?

My wife pulls into the street parade, receive flattery or compliment, she what sin?

It is to use compliment, flattery to meet each other in QiuRong psychology, caused the attention and interest.

Others followed suit, their flattery made zhang chong even more on wings.

Beauty, find thyself in love, not in the flattery of thy mirror.

O, beauty, find thyself in love, not in the flattery of thy mirror.

Oh Beauty, find thyself in love, not in the flattery of thy mirror.

Another hazard that topples schedules is flattery.

In flattery he had a marvellous touch.

flattery He was immune to the flattery of political leaders.

This guy really lays it on thick; his non-stop flattery is getting on my nerves.

This guy really lays it on thick; his non-stop flattery is getting on my nerves.

the basest is flattery, and this can never be bestowed but consciously.

stoop to flattery, and you conciliate their friendship and esteem.

You can buy flattery, but envy must be earned.

A little flattery would get him carried away.

However, the flattery of the bourgeoisie may conquer the weak-willed in our ranks.

Flattery will do you no good: I shall give my usual frank advice.

The greater a man is, the more distasteful praise and flattery are to him .

A criticism or flattery, then people tend to expose their own weaknesses.

that imitation is the sincerest flattery.

that imitation is the sincerest flattery.

For the courtiers, flattery became a way of life.

Those watching can tell it's flattery, but we tend to think it's genuine because it makes us feel good about ourselves.

I know that copying is the sincerest form of flattery , but it's kind of early.

My friend does not indulge in what he calls "flattery, false praise and mellifluous comments" .

Flattery is like cologne water, to is smell of, not swallow.

Well, I'm glad you liked the meal, but flattery will get you nowhere!

Forsuch people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smoothtalk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people.

A little flattery will fetch him.

Flattery before sale is lesser than service after sale. This is the golden rule that makes a "permanent customer" .

Flattery before sale is lesser than service after sale. This is the golden rule that makes a "permanent customer" .

He is liable to BE reached By flattery.

His letter was dripping with flattery .

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

I dislike flattery. 6. You don't have to wine and dine your higher-ups.

The flattery monacal is a philatelic.

I hate flattery more than anything else.

Still, as they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and it's probably the best way to learn.

The house of my family stated in the village---old, flattery, but always in silence!

It seems that his flattery won't work this time.

It seems that his flattery won't work this time.

Criticism from friends is more helpful than flattery.

But the real face of Thailand' s not flattery MM, there is not too much meat and tons of flexibility.

i will not deny that mr . harding felt gratified by such flattery.

She bought favour with flattery.

flattery designed to gain favor.

Flattery is more dangerous than hatred because it covers the stains which the other causes to be wiped out.

Always modest and prudent, he is superior to flattery.

Sweet flattery, then she loves but me alone.

We are sick of your flattery.

We are sick of your flattery.

Flattery is cheap. How about some truth?

not in the flattery of thy mirror.

Envy is the sincerest from of flattery.

He bought favors with flattery.

The minister is averse to flattery.

55O Beauty, find thyimmolation in love, not in the flattery of thy mirror.

That's the nicest flattery I've ever heard, you must need this job very badly , right?

To seek OR gain favOR by fawning OR flattery.

Flattery is more dangerous than hatred .

A great man is above flattery.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

people love flattery. It's a fact of life.

I'm disgusted at his flattery.

His flattery carries a sting.

Sheila was too clever to believe Ted's flattery.

Is it possible not to record at all, not only the hurt but flattery?

I am pretty sick of his flattery.

With flattery he will corrupt those who have violated the covenant , but the people who know their God will firmly resist him .

That was not just rank flattery.

That was not just rank flattery.

28-5. O Beauty, find thyself in love, not in the flattery of thy mirror.

How to cope: Flattery will get you places with this type of manager.

MM: Flattery breeds ego. I did nothing worth noting but serve my lord.

Flattery paved the way to his post.

How about flattery?

Cut out your banana oil; flattery doesn't work here.

An ego that feeds on flattery.

No girl doesn't like flattery and no confidence man doesn't know it .

Now when a letter of flattery was received, Hezekiah took it to himself and not to the Lord.

Kristen, how do you live with fame? What do you feel? Flattery, fear, confusion?

You like to be asked for advice and flattery always makes you feel important.

At that time, being banned from trading in a bucket-shop was tantamount to the highest degree of flattery for any speculator.

It is more flattery than praise.

There are few men in the world who are above flattery like you.

The coin that is most current is flattery.

I haven't been intoxicated or confused by your flattery because I know you have another secret.

Don't let flattery go to your head.

How to communicate with people without suspicious of flattery, but also get the effect you desired?

Flagrant flattery may *sway customers, but that doesn't mean it can work in every situation.

No , I just want to learn some spoken words , especially something I can say to Miss Sun, for example, some terms of flattery .

in English we have a saying that imitation is the sincerest of flattery.

When we are needed, we should do our best to help, if we are not sincere and only say pleasing words that lack sincerity, that is flattery.

something easy to accomplish or overcome, someone easily persuaded (use of flattery etc. )

If you're not sure how to use flattery well, practice with a friend who can give you feedback.

This is far from flattery I ain't trying to impress you,

At least I talk about it keep a pattern of flattery and

To attempt to gain the favor of by attention or flattery

There is a moment of difficulty and danger at which flattery and falsehood can no longer deceive

Beyond the sincerest form of flattery

the followed is the single style that the companions toast to the guests with any flattery in turn;

The Disappearance of the Flattery Political Lyrics

the actress who requires constant obeisance and flattery to satisfy her vanity

Inveigle implies winning over by coaxing, flattery, or artful talk:

attempts at flattery that would of be laughable if they weren't so inane

dismiss yourvows , your feigned tears , your flattery ,

This guy really lay it on thick; his non-stop flattery is got on my nerve

flattery that would inflate the most modest person's ego

Samuel Johnson expressed the negative in flattery with definitions included in his dictionary such as

Imitation is the best flattery

Fawn: to seek favor or attention by flattery