Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.

Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.

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

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

I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval read more

I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

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

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

Flattery was formerly a vice; it has now become the fashion.
[Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]

Flattery was formerly a vice; it has now become the fashion.
[Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts read more

A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts it so that it can never again hold quite as much love for her

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

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