Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from
friendship).
[Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.]

Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from
friendship).
[Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.]

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed.

Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed.

Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.

Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.

What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.

What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.

We sometimes think that we hate flattery, but we only hate the
manner in which it is done.
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We sometimes think that we hate flattery, but we only hate the
manner in which it is done.
[Fr., On croit quelquefoir hair la flatterie; maid on ne hait que
a maniere de flatter.]

To be a man's own fool is bad enough; but the vain man is everybody's.

To be a man's own fool is bad enough; but the vain man is everybody's.

Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.

Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.

Flattery will get you everywhere.

Flattery will get you everywhere.