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There is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by letting men understand that they will not offend you by speaking the…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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

Men sometimes think they hate flattery, but they hate only the manner of flattering.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Flattery has to overcome my mistrust, and it does.

— Mason Cooley

Flattery is no more than what raises in a man's mind an idea of a preference which he has not.

— Edmund Burke

Flattery pleases very generally. In the first place, the flatterer may think what he says to be true; but, in the second place, whether…

— Samuel Johnson

Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem.

— Jonathan Swift

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 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

No flattery, boy! an honest man cannot live by it; it is a little, sneaking art, which knaves use to cajole and soften fools…

— Thomas Otway

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 like wine, which exhilarates a man for a moment, but usually ends by going to his head and making him act foolishly.

— Helen Rowland