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Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers. Francois de la Rochefoucauld Flattery 139
He that loves to be flattered is worthy of the flatterer. William Shakespeare Flattery 111
When the flatterer pipes, then the devil dances. Thomas Fuller Flattery 98
. . . although a skilful flatterer is a most delightful companion, if you can keep him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people. Charles Dickens Flattery 98
Imitation is the sincerest flattery. Mahatma Gandhi Flattery 94
Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it. Samuel Johnson Flattery 94
Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver. Edmund Burke Flattery 92
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. Samuel Johnson Flattery 87
What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering. George Bernard Shaw Flattery 85
None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not. Baruch (_Benedict de) Spinoza Flattery 85
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Charles Caleb Colton Flattery 84
The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing. Jorge Luis Borges Flattery 84
He does me double wrongThat wounds me with the flatteries of his tongue. William Shakespeare Flattery 82
We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us. Denis Diderot Flattery 78
Flattery is a form of hatred. Bible Flattery 78
Imitation is obviously a great form of flattery. Peyton Manning Flattery 77
The reason that adulation is not displeasing is that, though untrue, it shows one to be of consequence enough, in one way or other, to induce people to lie. Lord (George Gordon) Byron Flattery 75
Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt. Minna Antrim Flattery 64
Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person; if her face is so shocking that she must in some degree be conscious of it, her figure and her air, she trusts, make ample amends for it. Philip Dormer Stanhope Flattery 63
Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him. Jean De La Fontaine Flattery 60
Look closely at those who patronize you. Half are unfeeling, half untaught. Johann von Goethe Flattery 59
He that flatters you more than you desire either has deceived you or wishes to deceive. Italian Proverbs Flattery 59
I would rather hear the pleased laugh of a child over some feature of my exhibition than receive as I did the flattering compliments of the Prince of Wales. P. T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum Flattery 58
I cannot think of any character below the flatterer, except he who envies him. Sir Richard Steele Flattery 58
If we did not flatter ourselves the flattery from others would not harm us. Proverbs Flattery 57
What valor cannot win, flattery may. Publilius Syrus Flattery 53
. . . it is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are the result of previous study? Jane Austen Flattery 53
Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. Proverbs Flattery 51
I will praise any man that will praise me. William Shakespeare Flattery 48
The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself. Moli Flattery 46
Flattery, though a base coin, is the necessary pocket money at court; where, by custom and consent, it has obtained such a currency that it is no longer a fraudulent, but a legal payment. Philip Dormer Stanhope Flattery 41
Baloney is flattery laid on so thick it cannot be true, and blarney is flattery so thin we love it. Fulton John Sheen Flattery 40
But it is hard to know them from friends, they are so obsequious and full of protestations; for a wolf resembles a dog, so does a flatterer a friend. Sir Walter Raleigh Flattery 35
The coin that is most current among mankind is flattery: the only benefit of which is that by hearing what we are not, we may be instructed on what to become. Source Unknown Flattery 34
He who says he hates every kind of flattery, and says it in earnest, certainly does not yet know every kind of flattery. G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg Flattery 27

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