We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.

We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.

When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.

When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.

Young men think old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools.

Young men think old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools.

Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

If you can't love, learn how to flatter.

If you can't love, learn how to flatter.

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

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

Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.

Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.

It has been well said that "the arch-flatterer with whom all the
petty flatterers have intelligence is a man's read more

It has been well said that "the arch-flatterer with whom all the
petty flatterers have intelligence is a man's self."

I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read read more

I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.