Counterfeit Quote by Thomas B. Macaulay

It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it.

— Charles R. Forbes

Flattery is counterfeit, and like counterfeit money, it will eventually get you into trouble if you pass it to someone else.

— Dale Carnegie

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

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

It is scarcely credible to what degree discernment may be dazzled by the mist of pride, and wisdom infatuated by the intoxication of flattery.

— Samuel Johnson

Flattery is false coin that is only current thanks to our vanity.

— François De La Rochefoucauld

Flattery must be pretty thick before anybody objects to it....

— William Feather

Imitation is the highest form of flattery.

— Charles Caleb Colton

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

Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.

— 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

The most sincere form of flattery is money.

— Jim Cantrell