A Quote by William Shakespeare

But here's the joy: my friend and I are one, Sweet flattery!

William Shakespeare

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Flattery Friend Joy My Friend Sweet

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William Shakespeare
English - Playwright
April 23, 1564 - April 23, 1616

It is no flattery to give a friend a due character; for commendation is as much the duty of a friend as reprehension.

Plutarch

When a friend, then, indulges in the joy unburdening a secret on to another friend's bosom, he makes the latter, in his turn, feel the urge to taste the same joy himself.

Alessandro Manzoni

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

Carroll O'Connor

What drink'st thou oft, instead of homage sweet, But poisoned flattery?

William Shakespeare

How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.

William Cowper

Flattery's fire is hidden. Its sweet taste is apparent, but the smoke is bound to come out at last.

Rumi

Sweet is the rose, but grows upon a brere; Sweet is the juniper, but sharp his bough; Sweet is the eglantine, but stiketh nere; Sweet is the firbloome, but its braunches rough; Sweet is the cypress, but its rynd is tough; Sweet is the nut, but bitter is his pill; Sweet is the broome-flowre, but yet sowre enough; And sweet is moly, but his root is ill.

Edmund Spenser

So far be distant; and good night, sweet friend: thy love ne'er alter, till they sweet life end

William Shakespeare

Live in Joy, In love, Even among those who hate. Live in joy, In health, Even among the afflicted. Live in joy, In peace, Even among the troubled. Look within. Be still. Free from fear and attachment, Know the sweet joy of living in the way.

Gautama Buddha

Such is friendship, that through it we love places and seasons; for as bright bodies emit rays to a distance, and flowers drop their sweet leaves on the ground around them, so friends impart favor even to the places where they dwell. With friends even poverty is pleasant. Words cannot express the joy which a friend imparts; they only can know who have experienced. A friend is dearer than the light of heaven, for it would be better for us that the sun were exhausted than that we should be without friends.

Saint John Chrysostom

Sweet, sweet burn of sun and summer wind, and you my friend, my new fun thing, my summer fling.

K. D. Lang

When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; when man is left alone to mourn, oh! then how sweet it is to die!

Anna Letitia Barbauld

Baloney is flattery laid on so thick it cannot be true, and blarney is flattery so thin we love it.

Fulton J. Sheen

flattery would be worse than vain; there is no consolation in flattery.

Charlotte Bronte

There is no fire like greed, No crime like hatred, No sorrow like separation, No sickness like hunger of heart, And no joy like the joy of freedom. Health, contentment and trust Are your greatest possessions, And freedom your greatest joy. Look within. Be still. Free from fear and attachment, Know the sweet joy of living in the way.

Gautama Buddha

Complimenting someone in an exaggerated way is known as flattery, and flattery will generally get you anything you want.