My word I must have come across the word flattery countless times in my life and while I thought I understood it from reading your post I don't believe I did. I thought one could demonstrate genuine flattery in a positive manner, I simply thought it meant complimenting someone, which is a nice thing to do so long as you are being sincere.
However, from reading the dictionary definition you have included in your post it appears that flattery is something associated with insincerity and negativity, how interesting. I shall now had to revise my use of the word, not that flattery is something I adopt much in the usual course of things but it does merit reappraisal. Thank you @bleujay for this insightful post.
As for guilt well I think most of us really should know what that entails because most of us have probably felt it at some stage in our lives. Sadly it's usually the good people who are consumed by guilt and have difficulty controlling it, and the bad characters either don't feel it or don't understand it. Such is life.
VIP reward: 0.5 HiveGood to see some lovely fresh fruit there @bleujay with a wonderful ceramic trough cradling them. Thanks for including a shot of the lid, what a beautiful piece.
Greetings @peaceandmoney ,
How very kind of you to drop by with this lovely response to the Principle and your generous gift...thank you!
Definitions do assist in the understanding of words...even when we think we know them. Sometimes the definition will also list...synonyms and antonyms which assists even furthur. Antique dictionaries are the most helpful, Project Gutenberg.org offers free downloads of all manner of books...dictionaries included.
Happy to hear your kind thoughts regarding the photographs.
Kind Regards,
Bleujay