Doe Quote by Anonymous

Flattery is so necessary to us that we flatter one another just to be flattered in return.

— Marjorie Bowen

One of the biggest form of flattery is knowing that just by being your normal, wonderful self, you make someone fall in love with…

— Anonymous

Flattery in courtship is the highest insolence, for whilst it pretends to bestow on you more than you deserve, it is watching an opportunity…

— Sarah Fielding

We love flattery, even though we are not deceived by it, because it shows that we are of importance enough to be courted.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Flattery is never so agreeable as to our blind side; commend a fool for his wit, or a knave for his honesty, and they…

— Henry Fielding

“Flattery is so necessary to all of us that we flatter one another to be flattered in return”

— Marjorie Bowen

Flattery has to overcome my mistrust, and it does.

— Mason Cooley

We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out.

— Dale Carnegie

Flattery is an ensnaring quality, and leaves a very dangerous impression. It swells a man's imagination, entertains his vanity, and drives him to a…

— Jeremy Collier

Flattery is a challenge. The proper turning away from it, undercutting, diminishing it without offense or vehemence, is a social grace sweeter even than…

— Elizabeth Hardwick

One may define flattery as a base companionship which is most advantageous to the flatterer.

— Theophrastus