To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
One may define flattery as a base companionship which is most advantageous to the flatterer.
The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.
Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it but don't swallow it.
Flattery in courtship is the highest insolence, for whilst it pretends to bestow on you more than you deserve, it is watching an opportunity to take from you what you really have.
Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women.
I'm flattered anytime someone has taken enough time to listen to me and make a connection to someone else, honestly.
Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.