Deceived Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

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

— Helen Rowland

The most that can be said of flattery is that it is sometimes a cheap psychological trick with which charlatans and dishonest people lull…

— Napoleon Hill

Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself.

— Dale Carnegie

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

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 counterfeit, and like counterfeit money, it will eventually get you into trouble if you pass it to someone else.

— Dale Carnegie

Dont get confused between flattery and kindness these are the new kind of deceptions.

— Chops

Flattery is a lie covered in a bed of flowery words.

— Deborah Smith

Flattery must be pretty thick before anybody objects to it....

— William Feather

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

— Marjorie Bowen

The most sincere form of flattery is money.

— Jim Cantrell