Flattery Quote by Edmund Burke

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver; and adulation is not of more service to the people than to kings.

— Edmund Burke

Now flattery can never do good; twice cursed in the giving and the receiving, it ought to be.

— Maria Edgeworth

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

— Dale Carnegie

For every giver there must be a receiver, and for every receiver there must be a giver.

— T. Harv Eker

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 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 will get you nowhere

— Proverb

Flattery leads to vulgarity; the flatterer is despised.

— Nachman of Breslov

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

— Marjorie Bowen

Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable, however much we may despise the flatterer.

— Bill Vaughan

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

— Theophrastus