Contrary Quote by Samuel Johnson

Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.

— Minna Antrim

Sometimes we think we dislike flattery, but it is only the way it is done that we dislike.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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 has to overcome my mistrust, and it does.

— Mason Cooley

Adroit observers will find that some who affect to dislike flattery, may yet be flattered indirectly, by a well seasoned abuse and ridicule of…

— Charles Caleb Colton

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

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 makes fools of the best of us.

— Dorothy Salisbury Davis

Flattery must be pretty thick before anybody objects to it…

— William Feather

Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable, however much we may despise the flatterer.

— Bill Vaughan

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

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

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld