- All's Well That Ends Well
- Antony and Cleopatra
- As You Like It
- The Comedy of Errors
- Coriolanus
- Cymbeline
- Hamlet
- Henry IV, Part 1
- Henry IV, Part 2
- Henry V
- Henry VI, Part 1
- Henry VI, Part 2
- Henry VI, Part 3
- Henry VIII
- Julius Caesar
- King John
- King Lear
- Love's Labor's Lost
- A Lover's Complaint
- Macbeth
- Measure for Measure
- The Merchant of Venice
- The Merry Wives of Windsor
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Othello
- Pericles
- The Rape of Lucrece
- Richard II
- Richard III
- Romeo and Juliet
- Shakespeare's Sonnets
- The Taming of the Shrew
- The Tempest
- Timon of Athens
- Titus Andronicus
- Troilus and Cressida
- Twelfth Night
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Venus and Adonis
- The Winter's Tale
As Carnegie discusses the importance of giving people sincere appreciation, he takes the time to discuss another concept: flattery. While some people view flattery and appreciation as synonyms, Carnegie emphasizes that they are anything but. In stating outright that flattery is “shallow, selfish, and insincere,” Carnegie suggests that appreciation is the opposite: it has to be honest and selfless. The passage also suggests that those who use flattery are generally self-interested and are using it for corrupt motives: to get what they want with little regard for the other person. As a result, as Carnegie argues throughout the book, people…