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
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise. – Jean Paul Richter
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
Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt. – Minna Antrim
The most subtle flattery that a woman can receive is by actions, not by words. – Suzanne Curchod
Flattery is sweet food to those who can swallow it. – Danish Proverb
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed. – Josh Billings
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
Flattery and insults raise the same question: What do you want? – Mason Cooley
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. – Samuel Johnson
Many know how to flatter, few know how to praise. – Wendell Phillips
Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up. – John C. Maxwell
No man flatters the woman he truly loves. – Henry Theodore Tuckerman
Flattery is all right so long as you don’t inhale. – Adlai E. Stevenson
Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit. – Socrates
In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning. – Leo Tolstoy
O, that men’s ears should be To counsel deaf, but not to flattery! – William Shakespeare
When a woman has not received much flattery in her life, she will be seduced. – Melina Marchetta
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