Quote by Minna Antrim
Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of conte

Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt. – Minna Antrim

Other quotes by Minna Antrim

The Green-eyed Monster causes much woe, but the absence of this ugly serpent argues the presence of a corpse whose name is Eros. – Minna Antrim

Category:
Envy / Jealousy
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The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it. – Minna Antrim

Category:
Religion
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Other Quotes from
Flattery
category

. . . although a skilful flatterer is a most delightful companion, if you can keep him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people. – Charles Dickens

Category:
Flattery

We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us. – Denis Diderot

Category:
Flattery

If we did not flatter ourselves the flattery from others would not harm us. – Proverb

Category:
Flattery

Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him. – Jean De La Fontaine

Category:
Flattery

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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. – Arthur Ashe

Category:
Success

Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed. – Benjamin Disraeli

Category:
Change

The finiteness, the dependency, and the insufficiency of man – Reinhold Niebuhr

Category:
Creation

Let me tell you, never before in the history of this planet has anybody made the progress that African-Americans have made in a 30-year period, in spite of many black folks and white folks lying to one another. – Dick Gregory

Category:
History