Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowedJosh BillingsbeautyblandishmentadmirationCopy this quote
““I have two luxuries to brood over in my walks, your loveliness and the hour of my death. O that I could have possession of them both in the same minute.
“Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works