If a story is w/out flaws or doubts, it is flattery or even brainwashing. You should read it as if drinking a glass of water. But be prepared - you would not remember its taste.
Vinko VrbanicTags: story flattery flaws brainwashing
When a woman has not received much flattery in her life, she will be seduced.
Melina MarchettaTags: women flattery seduction low-self-esteem
It's love that makes the world go round - otherwise it would be flat.
Jay WoodmanTags: love world flattery round
To flatter a young man, tell him that you thought that he was older than he is. To flatter an old woman, tell her that you thought that she was younger than she is.
Mokokoma MokhonoanaTags: old-age aging flattery compliment self-consciousness wrinkles
You are the belle of the ball tonight.” He said as he moved in closer. “How can you be so sinfully beautiful Mrs. Norman?
Barry GrayTags: fiction flattery temptations
What Melanie did was no more than all Southern girls were taught to do: to make those about them feel at ease and pleased with themselves. It was this happy feminine conspiracy which made Southern society so pleasant. Women knew that a land in which men were contented, uncontradicted, and safe in possession of unpunctured vanity was likely to be a very pleasant place for women to live. So from the cradle to the grave, women strove to make men pleased with themselves, and the satisfied men repaid lavishly with gallantry and adoration. In fact, men willingly gave the ladies everything in the world, except credit for having intelligence.
Scarlett exercised the same charms as Melanie but with a studied artistry and consummate skill. The difference between the two girls lay in the fact that Melanie spoke kind and flattering words from a desire to make people happy, if only temporarily, and Scarlett never did it except to further her own aims.
Tags: selfishness chauvinism flattery chivalry southern-women
Complimenting someone in an exaggerated way is known as flattery, and flattery will generally get you anything you want...
Lemony SnicketTags: compliments flattery
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