Flattery Quotes

“It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour the dead, these the living.”

“Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and all roads will be open to you.”

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

“Nothing is so great an instance of ill-manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest.”

“Exclusiveness is the salt of the earth, and you are the crème de la crème.”

“Flattery is the treating of a man in a way which is calculated to be pleasant to him, but is not for his good.”

“My wife, she's a big fan of yours.”

“Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.”

“He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.”

“There is no other way to guard yourself against flattery than by making men understand that telling you the truth will not offend you.”

“The girls themselves are evidence that there is a God.”

“A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.”

“Flattery, though a base and vicious thing, is nevertheless a quality of which a candidate cannot well divest himself.”

“Flattery is a sort of bad money, to which our vanity gives currency.”

“Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.”

“Oh, darling, I'm so glad you're here! You know, we're just about to start a new book, and you're the first chapter.”

“Few people have the wisdom to prefer censure which is useful to them, to praise which deceives them.”

“The art of pleasing is the art of deceiving.”

“It's a maxim with me, sir, that a lady can never be in the wrong.”

“Do not be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.”