Acceptable Quote by Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable, however much we may despise the flatterer.

— Bill Vaughan

Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

— Adlai E. Stevenson

Flattery must be pretty thick before anybody objects to it…

— William Feather

Flattery is praise insincerely given for an interested purpose.

— Henry Ward Beecher

“Flattery, then, is like the other strategies discussed above in that it should be ineffective; unlike the others, however, it usually works. As Milan…

— Thomas Gilovich

The most sincere form of flattery is money.

— Jim Cantrell

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

Flattery is useful when dealing with youngsters.

— Isaac Asimov

Nothing is so great an instance of ill-manners as flattery.

— Jonathan Swift

Flattery is counterfeit, and like counterfeit money, it will eventually get you into trouble if you pass it to someone else.

— Dale Carnegie

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

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