Currents Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

— François 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 a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

— Jorge Luis Borges

The most sincere form of flattery is money.

— Jim Cantrell

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

— Dale Carnegie

Flattery is essential to business. No flattery no market.

— Toothangel15

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

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

— Charlotte Bronte

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

— William Feather

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