Courtship Quote by Sarah Fielding

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

— Marjorie Bowen

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

— Jonathan Swift

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 has to overcome my mistrust, and it does.

— Mason Cooley

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

— Edmund Burke

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

— Theophrastus

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

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

We never slam the door on flattery, we nudge it shut like a man rejecting his mistress: if she nudges back, we're delighted –…

— 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