"He who refuses praise the first time..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
He who refuses praise the first time that it is offered does so because he would hear it a second time.
More by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
“We would rather see those to whom we do good, than those who do good to us.”
“Sometimes we think we dislike flattery, but it is only the way it is done that we dislike.”
“Pity is often a reflection of our own evils in the ills of others. It is a delicate foresight of the troubles into which we may fall.”
More on Praise
“I have never studied the art of paying compliments to women; but I must say that if all that has been said by orators and poets since the creation of the world in praise of women were applied to the women of America, it would not do them justice for their conduct during this war.”
“A little praise goes a great ways.”
“Nothing ought more to humiliate men who have merited great praise than the care they still take to boast of little things.”
More on Vanity
“Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We women have a more subtle instinct about things.”
“Vanity can apply to both insecurity and egotism. So I distance myself, because I feel everything.”
“We must not be so ready to fancy ourselves intentionally injured. We must not expect a lively young man to be always so guarded and circumspect. It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us. Women fancy admiration means more than it does.”