Class Quote by Juvenal

A flatterer is a friend who is your inferior, or pretends to be so.

— Aristotle

A flatterer is the shadow of a fool.

— Thomas Overbury

“there is scarce any man, how much soever he may despise the character of a flatterer, but will condescend in the meanest manner to…

— Henry Fielding

In four ways ... should one who flatters be understood as a foe in the guise of a friend: He approves of his friend's…

— Gautama Buddha

Flattery leads to vulgarity; the flatterer is despised.

— Nachman of Breslov

Abhor flatterers as you would deceivers; for both, if trusted, injure those who trust them. If you admit as friends men who seek your…

— Isocrates

Flatterers are the worst kind of traitors, for they will strengthen thy imperfections, encourage thee in all evils, correct thee in nothing, but so…

— Walter Raleigh

Excellent flatterers welcome attentive audiences; mighty potentates enjoy public praise. In the most pleasing situation, a flatterer would genuinely admire the flatteree, please that…

— Willis Regier

The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which…

— Moliere

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“Behind the flattery, the edge of mockery was plain to anyone who must, as a matter of survival, learn to detect it. page no. 15”

— Shani Mootoo

“Flatterers should be mistrusted, especially when they praise the dead. To seek a place in society is self-serving, but to seek one in history…

— Bauvard