Flattered Quote by Marjorie Bowen

“Flattery is so necessary to all of us that we flatter one another to be flattered in return”

— Marjorie Bowen

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

— Theophrastus

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 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 sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

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 must be pretty thick before anybody objects to it…

— William Feather

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

— Edmund Burke

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

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

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld