Sentences with phrase «flattery which»

When they are not, your comments turn into flattery which is untrue or insincere praise.

Learning to detect the forms of self - flattery which grant us immunity from accountability is a vital part of ethical and spiritual growth, as is learning to detect where our cynicism about the victim language of others is justified and where, half - muffled and scarcely articulate, there are real victims on whose behalf we must extend ourselves.

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Mother's Day gave quintessential if belated expression to what Ann Douglas calls the 19th century's «cult of motherhood,» which, as she observes, offered women «flattery in the place of justice and equality.»

The cult has often been seen as little more than a gross form of flattery, motivated by the political ambitions of provincial elites, or the consequence of crude manipulation or megalomania on the part of emperors, the best of which, it is often remarked, were reticent about its development.

Consequently, many Westerners find, it difficult to recognize Islam on its own terms, and they mask that failure by a form of self - flattery and a unilateralism in which Islam is reduced to a sub-category of Christianity.

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, in which case your enormous ego should be lapping this up.

Being constantly reminded on the one hand of the infinite gap between one's own limited talents and vision and the perspective of Almighty God, and on the other of the radical equality with which God judges and loves the human race is a healthy counterweight to the flattery of the world and the smugness that comes with success.

It was, then, not merely from personal ambition, which doubtless functioned, nor because of an exaggerated self - importance induced through unaccustomed flattery, that these kings moved steadily in the direction of arrogation of absolute powers.

Quotes in the Daily Mail, in which he speaks of his flattery at being linked to a move to Old Trafford, suggests that Mourinho may have his work cut out in convincing Miranda to move to west London ahead of their Premier League rivals.

It's said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, too, which might go some way to explaining the time Seb did an impression of his pal.

Imitation may be the highest form of flattery, in which case the world has begun to shower Korea with praise.

Always a sucker for flattery, I was very happy to add my name under this banner, which, in classic Freudian slip mode, I had misread as Free Reads BY Smart Women».

he'd said with over-the-top flattery; naturally, her mother lapped it up, which resulted in her paying too much for the thing.

This Praise, which would be unmeaning Flattery if inscribed over human ashes, is but a just tribute to the Memory of Boatswain, a Dog.»

This praise which would be unmeaning flattery if inscribed over human ashes is but a just tribute to the memory of Boatswain, a dog who was born at Newfoundland, May 1803, and died at Newstead Abbey, November 18, 1808.

But much of it will have to do with the entrenched and conservative nature of the legal (and legal academic) culture, which will happily take on board some of Posner's influence while domesticating it, and certainly will not follow his advice to get rid of a culture of praise and flattery.

Avoid excessive flattery, which can seem insincere.