Dangerous Quote by Jeremy Collier

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

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

— Edmund Burke

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

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 must be pretty thick before anybody objects to it…

— William Feather

Flattery is a challenge. The proper turning away from it, undercutting, diminishing it without offense or vehemence, is a social grace sweeter even than…

— Elizabeth Hardwick

One may define flattery as a base companionship which is most advantageous to the flatterer.

— Theophrastus

The mischief of flattery is, not that it persuades any man that he is what he is not, but that it suppresses the influence…

— Samuel Johnson

At its best, flattery is truth well dressed, and it is best dressed with fine see-through fabrics. Honest flattery can caress a lover, cover…

— Willis Regier

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

— Marjorie Bowen

Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself.

— Dale Carnegie

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