Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise. – William Penn
Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool. – Edward Bulwer Lytton
Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it but don’t swallow it. – Hank Ketcham
The difference between appreciation and flattery? That is simple. One is sincere and the other insincere. One comes from the heart out; the other from the teeth out. One is unselfish; the other selfish. One is universally admired; the other universally condemned. – Dale Carnegie
Every sexual sin begins with flattery. – Sunday Adelaja
Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver. – Edmund Burke
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. – Charles Caleb Colton
Heart-stopping envy is the sincerest form of flattery. – Anna Godbersen
Any halfway clever devil would decorate the highway to Hell as beautiful as possible. – Criss Jami
Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him. – Jean De La Fontaine
Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation.
Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel. – Benjamin Disraeli
The most subtle flattery that a woman can receive is by actions, not by words. – Suzanne Curchod
Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery’s the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit. – Jonathan Swift
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
I can live for two months on a good compliment. – Mark Twain
No man flatters the woman he truly loves. – Henry Theodore Tuckerman
Some folks pay a compliment like they went down in their pocket for it. – Kin Hubbard
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