I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am hopelessly unworthy of it, but I hope to become worthy.

Quote by Dame Edith Sitwell

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I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.

I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.

When we think of cruelty, we must try to remember the stupidity, the envy, the...

When we think of cruelty, we must try to remember the stupidity, the envy, the...

The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been...

The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been...

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the...

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the...

Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one...

Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one...

I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.

I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

The battery of flattery received and enjoyed as lottery by a man from the coterie...

The battery of flattery received and enjoyed as lottery by a man from the coterie...

Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself

Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself

A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight...

A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight...

A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight...

A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight...

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

The more you love someone the more he wants from you and the less you...

The more you love someone the more he wants from you and the less you...

He that rewards flattery, begs it

He that rewards flattery, begs it

A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight...

A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight...

Flattery is the infantry of negotiation.

Flattery is the infantry of negotiation.

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

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