What did Alan Bradley mean by: To be most effective, flattery is always best applied with a trowel. - Alan Bradley Writer Copy
+ Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alan Bradley, 0 - Alan Bradley Writer
+ The very best people are like that. They don’t entangle you like flypaper. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alan Bradley, 0 - Alan Bradley Writer
+ Chicken fizz! O Lord, protect all of us who toil in the vineyards of experimental chemistry! Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alan Bradley, Chemistry, Toil, Vineyards, 0 - Alan Bradley Writer
+ I was learning that among friends, a smile can be better than a belly laugh. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alan Bradley, Belly, Laughing, 0 - Alan Bradley Writer
Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears. - William Makepeace Thackeray Author · India
Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an agreeable manner. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Flattery is a base coin which is current only through our vanity. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
If we never flattered ourselves we should have but scant pleasure. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France