Flattery Quotes

He who says he hates every kind of flattery, and says it in earnest, certainly does not yet know every kind of flattery.

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.

Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest.

Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.

Advertising - a judicious mixture of flattery and threats.

The love of one's own sex is precious, for it is neither provoked by vanity nor retained by flattery; it is genuine and sincere.

Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it but don't swallow it.

Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.

Immigration is the sincerest form of flattery.

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.