Flattery is never so agreeable as to our blind side; commend a fool for his wit, or a knave for his honesty, and they will receive you into their bosoms
Henry Fielding
Everyone likes flattery, and when you come to Royalty, you should lay it on with a thick trowel.
Benjamin Disraeli
Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out.
Dale Carnegie
The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.
Dame Edith Sitwell
Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem
Jonathan Swift
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed
Josh Billings
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.
Agnetha Faltskog
Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit
Socrates
Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself
Dale Carnegie
Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.
Joyce Brothers
Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
Benjamin Disraeli
We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.
Francois de la Rochefoucauld
Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
FranÃois de la Rochefoucauld