Character Quote by Samuel Johnson

Flattery is praise insincerely given for an interested purpose.

— Henry Ward Beecher

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

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

— Marjorie Bowen

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

The most sincere form of flattery is money.

— Jim Cantrell

Flattery is like wine, which exhilarates a man for a moment, but usually ends by going to his head and making him act foolishly.

— Helen Rowland

Love of flattery, in most men, proceeds from the mean opinion they have of themselves; in women, from the contrary.

— Jonathan Swift

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 from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out.

— Dale Carnegie

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