"Although a skillful flatterer is a most..." - Quote by Charles Dickens

“Eccentricities of genius.”

“But the words she spoke of Mrs Harris, lambs could not forgive ... nor worms forget.”

“There is a passion for hunting something deeply implanted in the human breast.”

“O that men's ears should be To counsel deaf but not to flattery!”

“Twas never merry world Since lowly feigning was called compliment.”

“Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation.”

“The more I think you over, the more it comes home to me what an unmitigated Middle Victorian ass you are!”

“[ J. Edgar]Hoover, I'm sure, felt that he was right in everything he did and even the things that we don't like about his character.”

“Tell me with whom you associate, and I will tell you who you are.”