Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes About Flattery
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We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.
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Praise is a more ingenious, concealed, and subtle kind of flattery, that satisfies both the giver and the receiver, though by verydifferent ways. The one accepts it as a reward due to his merit; the other gives it that he may be looked upon as a just and discerning person.
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Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.
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If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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If we never flattered ourselves we should have but scant pleasure.
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Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an agreeable manner.
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Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation.
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Men sometimes think they hate flattery, but they hate only the manner of flattering.
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The gallantry of the mind consists in agreeable flattery.
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Flattery is a base coin which is current only through our vanity.
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Praise is flattery, artful, hidden, delicate, which gratifies differently him who praises and him who is praised. The one takes it as the reward of merit, the other bestows it to show his impartiality and knowledge.
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Sometimes we think we dislike flattery, but it is only the way it is done that we dislike.
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We sometimes think that we hate flattery, but we only hate the manner in which it is done. [Fr., On croit quelquefoir hair la flatterie; maid on ne hait que a maniere de flatter.]
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Flattery is false money, which would not be current were it not for our vanity.
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We are not fond of praising, and never praise any one except from interested motives. Praise is a clever, concealed, and delicate flattery, which gratifies in different ways the giver and the receiver. The one takes it as a recompense of his merit, and the other bestows it to display his equity and discernment.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- Born: September 15, 1613
- Died: March 17, 1680
- Occupation: Author