Circulation Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Flattery is false money, which would not be current were it not for our vanity.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Flattery is a base coin which is current only through our vanity.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Flattery is false coin that is only current thanks to our vanity.

— François De La Rochefoucauld

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

— Dale Carnegie

Flattery, though a base coin, is the necessary pocket money at court; where, by custom and consent, it has obtained such a currency that…

— Bill Vaughan

The most sincere form of flattery is money.

— Jim Cantrell

The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing.

— Jorge Luis Borges

flattery would be worse than vain; there is no consolation in flattery.

— Charlotte Bronte

It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it. One who trusts nobody will not trust sycophants. One who does not…

— Thomas B. Macaulay

Never permit yourself to indulge in cheap flattery, which often times means to merely satisfy the individuals vanity and sometimes to ingratiate the flatter…

— Harold B. Lee

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