When I compliment you, I compliment myself, because I am who I associate with. – Jarod Kintz
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering. – George Bernard Shaw
Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him. – Jean De La Fontaine
I will praise any man that will praise me. – William Shakespeare
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed. – Josh Billings
Flattery and insults raise the same question: What do you want? – Mason Cooley
The most subtle flattery that a woman can receive is by actions, not by words. – Suzanne Curchod
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
Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up. – John C. Maxwell
Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt. – Minna Antrim
In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning. – Leo Tolstoy
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. – Samuel Johnson
Flattery is sweet food to those who can swallow it. – Danish Proverb
Some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
No man flatters the woman he truly loves. – Henry Theodore Tuckerman
Knavery and flattery are blood relations. – Abraham Lincoln
When a woman has not received much flattery in her life, she will be seduced. – Melina Marchetta
What flatterers say, try to make true. – German Proverb
He that flatters you more than you desire either has deceived you or wishes to deceive. – Italian Proverb
Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs. – George Chapman
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