Quotes with compliments

  • Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the two sexes.
  • When a man spends his time giving his wife criticism and advice instead of compliments, he forgets that it was not his good judgment, but his charming manners, that won her heart.

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  • Sun Tzu When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce.
    Sun Tzu
    Chinese general and strategist (544 - 496)
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  • Oscar Wilde Ah, nowadays we are all of us so hard up, that the only pleasant things to pay are compliments. They’re the only things we can pay.
    Source: Lady Windermere’s Fan (1893) First act
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Billy Corgan Compliments and criticism are all ultimately based on some form of projection.
    Billy Corgan
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1967 - )
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  • Carolina Herrera Fashion is not an investment. If you wear a dress and don't get many compliments, you won't wear it again. It's not like buying bonds.
    Carolina Herrera
    Venezuelan fashion designer (1939 - )
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  • Samuel Johnson Hunger is never delicate; they who are seldom gorged to the full with praise may be safely fed with gross compliments, for the appetite must be satisfied before it is disgusted.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Alice James I make it a rule always to believe compliments implicitly for five minutes, and to simmer gently for twenty more.
    Alice James
    American diarist (1848 - 1892)
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  • Joseph Rudyard Kipling Never praise a sister to a sister in the hope of your compliments reaching he proper ears.
    Joseph Rudyard Kipling
    English writer (1865 - 1936)
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  • Katherine F. Gerould Nothing makes people so worthy of compliments as receiving them. One is more delightful for being told one is delightful - just as one is more angry for being told one is angry.
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  • Barry Sternlicht The best advice is often the compliments received, and they are often about an associate who did something exceptional. I tell my teams that it's the random acts of kindness, the unexpected, that people remember most.
    Barry Sternlicht
    billionaire and the (1960 - )
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  • Helen Rowland When a man spends his time giving his wife criticism and advice instead of compliments, he forgets that it was not his good judgment, but his charming manners, that won her heart.
    Helen Rowland
    American journalist (1875 - 1950)
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  • Oscar Wilde Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the two sexes.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Thomas Fuller Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.
    Thomas Fuller
    English preacher and writer (1608 - 1661)
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