Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit. – Socrates
Some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
What flatterers say, try to make true. – German Proverb
Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem
Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs. – George Chapman
We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us.
A flatterer is one who says things to your face that he wouldn’t say behind your back.
Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. – Joyce Brothers
He that flatters you more than you desire either has deceived you or wishes to deceive. – Italian Proverb
Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented. – Andre Gide
None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not. – Baruch Spinoza
The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself. – MoliFre
Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver. – Edmund Burke
Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them. – Jean de la Fontaine
Flattery is a form of hatred. – Bible
A little flattery will support a man through great fatigue. – James Monroe
Flattery was formerly a vice; it has now become the fashion. – Syrus
Flattery does not encourage the perfect flow of love in the vein of your relationship. Be genuine and speak out what you feel for each other without hiding the painful truth. – Michael Bassey Johnson
Like pollen on a honeybee, flattery clings to the things you tell yourself. – Willis Goth Regier
Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people. – Charles Dickens
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