Companion Quote by Charles Dickens

He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.

— William Shakespeare

Compliments and flattery oftenest excite my contempt by the pretension they imply; for who is he that assumes to flatter me? To compliment often…

— Henry David Thoreau

A flatterer is a friend who is your inferior, or pretends to be so.

— Aristotle

A Flatterer is a man that tells you your opinion and not his own

— Anonymous

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

Excellent flatterers welcome attentive audiences; mighty potentates enjoy public praise. In the most pleasing situation, a flatterer would genuinely admire the flatteree, please that…

— Willis Regier

He that is much flattered soon learns to flatter himself.

— Samuel Johnson

Madam, before you flatter a man so grossly to his face, you should consider whether or not your flattery is worth his having.

— Samuel Johnson

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

— Theophrastus

There is no tongue that flatters like a lover's; and yet, in the exaggeration of his feelings, flattery seems to him commonplace. Strange and…

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

A flatterer can risk everything with great personages.

— Alain-Rene Lesage

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