Quotes about Flattery

Everybody likes a compliment.

Nothing flatters me more than to have it assumed that I could write prose-unless it be to have it assumed that I once pitched a baseball with distinction.

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

Meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

There is a moment of difficulty and danger at which flattery and falsehood can no longer deceive, and simplicity itself can no longer be misled.

Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you!

Gossip is saying behind their back what you would not say to their face. Flattery is saying to their face what you would not say behind their back.

This is that conquest of the world and of ourselves, which has been always considered as the perfection of human nature; and this is only to be obtained by fervent prayer, steady resolutions, and frequent retirement from folly and vanity, from the cares of avarice, and the joys of intemperance, from the lulling sounds of deceitful flattery, and the tempting sight of prosperous wickedness.

Flattery has a short battery life, but reminding people they are amazing and precious and wanted and works of art can truly change their lives.

Flattery is saying something nice in order to help yourself. Encouragement is saying something true in order help someone else.

Vanity is truly the motive power that moves humanity, and it is flattery that greases the wheels.

Current among men, Like coin, the tinsel clink of compliment.