Logo
The reason that adulation is not displeasing is that, though untru

The reason that adulation is not displeasing is that, though untrue, it shows one to be of consequence enough, in one way or other, to induce people to lie. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Flattery
category

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

Category:
Flattery

Many lick before they bite. – Proverb

Category:
Flattery

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver. – Edmund Burke

Category:
Flattery

Dont flatter the rich, or appear to willing before the great. – Thomas Kempis

Category:
Flattery

Random Quotes

I have loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile. – Pope Gregory VII

Category:
Exile

I have always detested any departure from reality, an attitude which I relate to my mothers poor mental health. – Jean Piaget

Category:
Attitude

If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any safety. – Josh Billings

Category:
Faith

Although every man believes that his decisions and resolutions involve the most multifarious factors, in reality they are mere oscillation between flight and longing. – Herman Broch

Category:
Decisions