Flattering Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Flattery is no more than what raises in a man's mind an idea of a preference which he has not.

— Edmund Burke

Love of flattery, in most men, proceeds from the mean opinion they have of themselves; in women, from the contrary.

— Jonathan Swift

Sometimes we think we dislike flattery, but it is only the way it is done that we dislike.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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 is never so agreeable as to our blind side; commend a fool for his wit, or a knave for his honesty, and they…

— Henry Fielding

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 like wine, which exhilarates a man for a moment, but usually ends by going to his head and making him act foolishly.

— Helen Rowland

Adroit observers will find that some who affect to dislike flattery, may yet be flattered indirectly, by a well seasoned abuse and ridicule of…

— Charles Caleb Colton

What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.

— George Bernard Shaw

There is no other way to guard yourself against flattery than by making men understand that telling you the truth will not offend you.

— Anonymous

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

— Marjorie Bowen