Aggression Quote by Willis Regier

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

— William Feather

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

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

— Deborah Smith

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

— Edmund Burke

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

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

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 like a painted armor; only for show.

— Socrates

Someone coping your style is the highest form of flattery

— Danielle Lobbins

Flattery is never so agreeable as to our blind side; commend a fool for his wit, or a knave for his honesty, and they…

— Henry Fielding

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

— Theophrastus