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flattery form
Immitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Charles Caleb Colton
flattery despise flattered
Some indeed there are who profess to despise all flattery, but even these are nevertheless to be flattered, by being told that they do despise it.
flattery imitation
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
flattery imitation form
Imitation is the highest form of flattery.
flattery
To be most effective, flattery is always best applied with a trowel. Alan Bradley
flattery
Flattery'll get you anywhere. Charles Lederer
flattery invitations
Invitation is the sincerest flattery. Carolyn Wells
flattery praise satire
Praise to the undeserving is severe satire. Benjamin Franklin
flattery absurd seems
A flatterer never seems absurd: The flatter'd always takes his word.
conceited two rome
The world knows only two, that's Rome and I. Ben Jonson
conceited play plain-english
[The play] is like to be a very conceited scurvy one, in plain English.
conceit
It is the ultimate conceit of conservatives: that more than half of American voters don't make up more than half of our country. Kurt Eichenwald
conceited duty men others respecting
The overweening self-respect of conceited men relieves others from the duty of respecting them at all Henry Ward Beecher
conceit beggar
They are but beggars that can count their worth. William Shakespeare
conceited feel-good sound
I look good. I feel good and not to sound conceited I sound great. A. J. McLean
conceited difficult high loving supposed time
In high school, I had a really difficult time just loving myself. It's weird; I feel like in the world we live in today, you're not supposed to be like, 'I'm beautiful,' like that's a conceited thing to say. Zoe Kravitz
conceited happened ignore listen neither openly others powerful slight special truth
Sri Yukteswar showed no special consideration to those who happened to be powerful or accomplished; neither did he slight others for their poverty or illiteracy. He would listen respectfully to words of truth from a child, and openly ignore a conceited pundit. Paramahansa Yogananda
conceited thinking want
Why no. I’m too conceited. If you want to call it that. I don’t make comparisons. I never think of myself in relation to anyone else. I just refuse to measure myself as part of anything. I’m an utter egotist. Ayn Rand
delusions drove talk
One of his delusions drove him to testify, If I can just get up and talk to the American people, I will be set free. Xavier Amador
delusion desires hates neither nor presence
One who neither hates the presence of enlightenment, activity, and delusion nor desires for them when they are absent.
delusions saw
Because of the way you were acting. I didn't need his evidence. I saw your delusions myself.
delusion draw great subject superior tries understanding whose
It is a great delusion in those whose understanding has been darkened by self-love, to think that there is any obedience in the subject who tries to draw the superior to what he wishes.
delusional
The delusional is no longer marginal. Bill Moyers
delusion directly doubt great greatness himself identified left writer
My father had always identified himself as a writer to my mother when they met. When they met, he was writing this great novel, there was no doubt about it. Part of why she left him was this delusion of greatness and identifying it very directly with being an artist. Nick Flynn
delusional high interest likelihood regain remission stand symptoms thoughts
His symptoms will go into remission sufficiently enough to stand trial. There is a high likelihood that he will regain competency. His interest and his interpersonal functioning has been improving. (But) his delusional thoughts have continued.
delusions fastest guy man runner second sexiest shut smartest strongest
Never for a second did I think of myself as the sexiest guy in the world. When I was a kid, I thought I was the strongest man in the world. Then, the fastest runner and then the smartest person in the world. One by one my delusions got shut down. Now I just see myself as the lamest guy in the world. Jack Black
delusion dies
We live and we die and anything else is just a delusion. Chuck Palahniuk