Respect Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli

There is no other way to guard yourself against flattery than by making men understand that telling you the truth will not offend you.

— Anonymous

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

Flattery has to overcome my mistrust, and it does.

— Mason Cooley

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

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 the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem.

— Jonathan Swift

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about…

— Edith Sitwell

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

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

— Edmund Burke

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

Never permit yourself to indulge in cheap flattery, which often times means to merely satisfy the individuals vanity and sometimes to ingratiate the flatter…

— Harold B. Lee

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