This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for what I've done. Which is gratifying, but it's kind of a little late.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it but don't swallow it.
I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your efforts to believe it.
I'm flattered anytime someone has taken enough time to listen to me and make a connection to someone else, honestly.
Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
I guess I'm flattered that people think I can help get things done.
Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest.
The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.
Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
The best form of flattery is to be admired, imitated or respected. I've always felt proud our fans look up to us or feel we are inspirational.
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