Flatter Quotes

Worse there cannot be; a better, I believe, there may be, by giving energy to the capital and skill of the country to produce exports, by increasing which, alone, can we flatter ourselves with the prospect of finding employment for that part of our population now unemployed.

A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect.

Were I to flatter myself with the possibility of success in such combat, it would indeed be presumption.

People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues.

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.

You can always draw as well as you know how to. I flatter myself that I feel more than I express on canvas; but I know that is not so.