Flattered Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Men sometimes think they hate flattery, but they hate only the manner of flattering.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

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

— Marjorie Bowen

Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem.

— Jonathan Swift

Flattery has to overcome my mistrust, and it does.

— Mason Cooley

Some indeed there are who profess to despise all flattery, but even these are nevertheless to be flattered, by being told that they do…

— Charles Caleb Colton

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

We love flattery, even though we are not deceived by it, because it shows that we are of importance enough to be courted.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

We sometimes think that we hate flattery, but we only hate the manner in which it is done. [Fr., On croit quelquefoir hair la…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

One of the biggest form of flattery is knowing that just by being your normal, wonderful self, you make someone fall in love with…

— Anonymous

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