184 Quotes About Flattery

Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women.

What I like is bottomless flattery.

A flatterer is the shadow of a fool.

By flatterers besieged And so obliging that he ne'er obliged.

The flatterer easily insinuates himself into the closet, while honest merit stands shivering in the hall or antechamber.

It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.

Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an agreeable manner.

Praise is flattery, artful, hidden, delicate, which gratifies differently him who praises and him who is praised. The one takes it as the reward of merit, the other bestows it to show his impartiality and knowledge.

Imitation is flattery