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

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

When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.

When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.

They do not abuse the king that flatter him.
For flattery is the bellows blows up sin;
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They do not abuse the king that flatter him.
For flattery is the bellows blows up sin;
The thing the which is flattered, but a spark
To which that blast gives heat and stronger glowing;
Whereas reproof, obedient and in order,
Fits kings as they are men, for they may err.

Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.

Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.

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

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

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.

Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.

Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed

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

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