Credible Quote by Samuel Johnson

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

It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it. One who trusts nobody will not trust sycophants. One who does not…

— Thomas B. Macaulay

“Arrogance in an individual is a function of "false pride" based on his past sporadic successes.”

— Rakesh Seth

Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. The acknowledgment of those virtues on which conscience congratulates us is a tribute…

— Samuel Johnson

“We mistakenly equate flattery to friendship and criticism to opposition; one should evaluate truth first and then judge, for flattery and criticism are primarily…

— RJ Intindola - - 1975

Flattery is a lie covered in a bed of flowery words.

— Deborah Smith

“Behind the flattery, the edge of mockery was plain to anyone who must, as a matter of survival, learn to detect it. page no. 15”

— Shani Mootoo

There is nothing in the world more difficult than candor, and nothing easier than flattery. If there is a hundredth of a fraction of…

— Anonymous

“Affirmation, in contrast to flattery, requires seeing someone well enough to sense what to affirm, knowing someone well enough to be aware of what…

— Dale Carnegie

Careless of censure, nor too fond of fame, Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame, Averse alike to flatter or offend, Not…

— Alexander Pope

One can also be undignified and flattering toward a virtue.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Flattery is the worst and falsest way of showing our esteem.

— Jonathan Swift