A Quote by Dorothy Salisbury Davis

Flattery makes fools of the best of us.

Dorothy Salisbury Davis

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Dorothy Salisbury Davis
American - Writer
Born: April 26, 1916

At its best, flattery is truth well dressed, and it is best dressed with fine see-through fabrics. Honest flattery can caress a lover, cover up a gaffe, and muffle aggression.

Willis Regier

Fatigue makes fools of us all. It robs you of your skills and your judgment, and it blinds you to creative solutions. It's the best-conditioned athlete, not the most talented, who generally wins when the going gets tough.

Harvey Mackay

Time makes fools of us all. Our only comfort is that greater shall come after us.

E. T. Bell

And thus love makes fools of us all.

Chris Cleave

Fatigue makes fools of us all. It robs us of our skills, our judgment, and blinds us to creative solutions.

Harvey Mackay

The item of clothing that makes us feel powerful is the one that makes us feel confident and self-assured, that magically makes us look our best in all kinds of circumstances.

Valerie Steele

There are three kinds of fools in this world, fools proper, educated fools and rich fools. The world persists because of the folly of these fools.

Narayanananda Swami.

How easy love makes fools of us.

Moliere

Love makes fools of us all, big and little.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women.

Carroll O'Connor

Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools.