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Lord Chesterfield (top)
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
- Lord Chesterfield


Kin Hubbard (top)
Some folks pay a compliment like they went down in their pocket for it.
- Kin Hubbard


Mignon McLaughlin (top)
Men prefer brief praise, pitched high; women are satisfied with praise in a lower key, just so it goes on and on.
- Mignon McLaughlin


Wilson Mizner (top)
I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your effort to believe it.
- Wilson Mizner


George Moore (top)
Other men it is said have seen angels, but I have seen thee and thou art enough.
- George Moore


German Proverb (top)
What flatterers say, try to make true.
- German Proverb


Mark Twain (top)
I can live for two months on a good compliment.
- Mark Twain


Oscar Wilde (top)
Women are never disarmed by compliments; men always are.
- Oscar Wilde