Flattered Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There can hardly, I believe, be imagined a more desirable pleasure than that of praise unmixed with any possibility of flattery.

— Richard Steele

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

— Marjorie Bowen

Naturally, there are times when every woman likes to be flattered... to feel she is the most important thing in someone's world. Only a…

— Marilyn Monroe

We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

— William Shakespeare

I don't like being flattered. It doesn't suit my English sensibilities. Remember, we are the great country of understatement.

— Martin Parr

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

“Flattery is so necessary to all of us that we flatter one another to be flattered in return”

— Marjorie Bowen

Well, I suppose you know that men will stand a good deal when they are flattered.

— Abraham Lincoln

We never slam the door on flattery, we nudge it shut like a man rejecting his mistress: if she nudges back, we're delighted –…

— Anonymous

To be flattered is grateful, even when we know that our praises are not believed by those who pronounce them; for they prove, at…

— Samuel Johnson