He that flatters you more than you desire either has deceived you or wishes to deceive. – Italian Proverb
Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. – Proverb
Many lick before they bite. – Proverb
If we did not flatter ourselves the flattery from others would not harm us. – Proverb
Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt. – Minna Antrim
. . . it is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are the result of previous study? – Jane Austen
I would rather hear the pleased laugh of a child over some feature of my exhibition than receive as I did the flattering compliments of the Prince of Wales. – P. T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum
Flattery is a form of hatred. – Bible
The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing. – Jorge Luis Borges
Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver. – Edmund Burke
The reason that adulation is not displeasing is that, though untrue, it shows one to be of consequence enough, in one way or other, to induce people to lie. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron
. . . although a skilful flatterer is a most delightful companion, if you can keep him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people. – Charles Dickens
We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us. – Denis Diderot
For lack of a better term, theyve labeled me a sex symbol. Its flattering and it should happen to every bald, overweight guy. – Dennis Franz
When the flatterer pipes, then the devil dances. – Thomas Fuller
Look closely at those who patronize you. Half are unfeeling, half untaught. – Johann von Goethe
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. – Samuel Johnson
Dont flatter the rich, or appear to willing before the great. – Thomas Kempis
Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him. – Jean De La Fontaine
He who says he hates every kind of flattery, and says it in earnest, certainly does not yet know every kind of flattery. – G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg
