Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it but don't swallow it.
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.
I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your efforts to believe it.
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.
Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.
The best form of flattery is to be admired, imitated or respected. I've always felt proud our fans look up to us or feel we are inspirational.
One may define flattery as a base companionship which is most advantageous to the flatterer.
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.
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.