Quote by Marjorie Bowen

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

— Marjorie Bowen

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 nothing but attention without intention.”

— Mary Lindsey

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

— Theophrastus

If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Flattery is a weapon”

— Saad Ireland

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

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 will get you nowhere. But don’t let that stop you.” The”

— Julianna Keyes

Flattery is praise insincerely given for an interested purpose.

— Henry Ward Beecher

“To a woman flattery is not flattery.It is a compliment, which unfortunately in these miserable days has become all to rare. A woman is…

— Erich Maria Remarque

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

— Edmund Burke