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| Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922. |
| Compliments |
| A compliment is usually accompanied with a bow, as it to beg pardon for paying it. J. C. and A. W. Hare—Guesses at Truth. | 1 |
| What honour that, But tedious waste of time, to sit and hear So many hollow compliments and lies. Milton—Paradise Regained. Bk. IV. L. 122. | 2 |
| ’Twas never merry world Since lowly feigning was called compliment. Twelfth Night. Act III. Sc. 1. L. 109. | 3 |
| A woman * * * always feels herself complimented by love, though it may be from a man incapable of winning her heart, or perhaps even her esteem. Abel Stevens—Life of Madame de Staël. Ch. III. | 4 |
| Current among men, Like coin, the tinsel clink of compliment. Tennyson—The Princess. Pt. II. L. 40. | 5 |
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