A Quote by Jean Paul

It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.

Jean Paul

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Jean Paul
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March 21, 1763 - November 14, 1825

It is easier and handier for men to flatter than to praise.

Jean Paul

It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.

Jean Paul

Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.

William Arthur Ward

The praise we seek for our own virtues sometimes tempts us to flatter the imperfections of other men.

Norm MacDonald

Bad habits are easy and discipline is hard-and “easy” is where people gravitate. A good work ethic requires a painstaking daily effort. Easy typically leads to a life long list of problems but the discipline of having a plan leads to an extraordinary rewarding life. In the long run, the easy way makes life harder and the harder way makes life easier.

Tony Horton

The bards sing of love, they celebrate slaughter, they extol kings and flatter queens, but were I a poet I would write in praise of friendship.

Bernard Cornwell

Let me tell you how the French seduce you. They are the most bloody seductive people on Earth. They are charming, they are well-mannered and they praise and flatter you.

Anita Roddick

Living in Hollywood, it's easy to have someone flatter you. That doesn't help me.

Marilyn Manson

My coaches have always been on my side, motivating me to try harder and harder every day, which is not easy.

P. V. Sindhu

It's easy to praise God in the good times, but what about when the storms of your flesh are a-brewin'? Not so easy then!

Monica Johnson

Let those flatter, who fear: it is not an American art. To give praise where it is not due, might be well from the venal, but would ill beseem those who are asserting the rights of human nature.

Thomas Jefferson

Everything Trump said and did was framed in a way to flatter him, and more importantly, flatter his worldview.

Jennifer Pozner

You must ingratiate yourself with those who can help you. Flatter them to their faces. Praise them to others who will carry your words back to them.

Chin-Ning Chu

Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest.

Jonathan Swift

A dog will flatter you but you have to flatter the cat.

George Mikes

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow! Praise Him, all creatures here below! Praise Him above, ye heavenly host! Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!

Thomas Ken

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