Benjamin Franklin Quotes About Flattery

• Sarcasm is the lowest form of humor but the highest form of flattery.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Sarcasm, Flattery, Form

• I wish it (Christianity) were more productive of good works ... I mean real good works ... not holy day keeping, sermon-hearing ... or making long prayers, filled with flatteries and compliments despised by wise men, and much less capable of pleasing the Deity.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Wise, Religious, Prayer

• Praise to the undeserving is severe satire.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Flattery, Praise, Satire

  Benjamin Franklin (1914). “Poor Richard's Almanack”

• Blame-all and Praise-all are two blockheads.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Two, Criticism, Flattery

  Poor Richard's Almanack, Feb. 1734

• A flatterer never seems absurd: The flatter'd always takes his word.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Humorous, Flattery, Absurd

  Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.84, Barnes & Noble Publishing

• Approve not of him who commends all you say.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Flattery

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.12, Nayika Publishing

• The same man cannot be both Friend and Flatterer.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Men, Flattery, Poor Richard

  Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.37, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

• If any man flatters me, I'll flatter him again; tho' he were my best Friend.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Men, My Best Friend, Flattery

  Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.62, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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