Identity Quote by Francis Bacon

It has well been said that the arch-flatterer, with whom all petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self.

— Francis Bacon

There is no such flatterer as is a man's self.

— Francis Bacon

The flatterer does not think highly enough of himself or of others.

— Jean de la Bruyere

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

— Anonymous

“there is scarce any man, how much soever he may despise the character of a flatterer, but will condescend in the meanest manner to…

— Henry Fielding

Blinded as they are to their true character by self-love, every man is his own first and chiefest flatterer, prepared, therefore, to welcome the…

— Plutarch

A flatterer is the shadow of a fool.

— Thomas Overbury

“The vanity of intelligence is that the intelligent man is often more committed to 'one-upping' his opponent than being truthful. When the idea of…

— Criss Jami

A man who flatters a woman hopes either to find her a fool or to make her one.

— Samuel Richardson

A fool marvels at rare things, but a wise man at common ones.

— Confucius

Many men know how to flatter, few men know how to praise.

— Wendell Phillips

Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.

— Maimonides