Quotes About Flattery

We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to them.

It is true, my Lucy, that we young women are too apt to be pleased with the admiration pretended for us by the other Sex. But I have always endeavour'd to keep down any foolish pride of this sort, by such considerations as these: That flattery is the vice of men: That they seek to raise us, in order to lower us, and in the end to exalt themselves on the ruins of the pride they either hope to find or inspire:

You flatter yourself...you're too young for me to take you seriously.

You seem artful at those pretences, Which flatter common folk and princes.

Being told that he was immune to flattery was the nicest thing he had heard someone say about him in a long time.

men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery.

Flattery has a short battery life, but reminding people they are amazing and precious and wanted and works of art can truly change their lives.

I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.

Once I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: "No good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.

A foolish person pleases oneself with the support extended or praise offered by the people who are either sycophants or stupids.

A person who loves to have sycophants people around oneself is one who is worse than them only.

A sycophant can never be made to feel shame of his degrading act and rather he would do the same more on being asked not to demean himself.

An unintelligent or fool always enjoys having around oneself the presence of a lot of sycophants who only admire his/her stupid talks or external looks with their hidden, selfish intent.

Desert for all correct/fact writing; Dessert for all crap/flattering writing.

Every woman has so affinity towards own facial beauty only that she has no immunity to the flattery and fake praise for herself from the lecherous men.

Fools feel glad on getting the ground support and/or the online 'Likes' vote from sycophants and stupids on own post especially on own photo shared on their respective social networking sites.

Mentally sick gets the kick unknowingly on butts by getting only likes on own photo pic from stupids and sycophants on social networking sites.

Most of the praising especially at the topmost level are like scratching each other's back only.

People who praise frequently a person's face and/or whatever s/he says on facebook or other SNS have got their hands secretly inserted into his/her purse only.

Self-seeker being stupid enjoys own heartful only when his online false friends make him fool by mischievously and regularly commenting on his looks with words like nice, beautiful, awesome, handsome, dashing and cool

Self-seeker enjoys the most on getting the support from stupids and sycophants on own social media post bearing her/his own photo uploaded almost daily because s/he foolishly feels that they are raising the toast for her/him while they just mischievously hate or roast her/him via their LIKEs vote.

Supporters to the social media post of sycophant are like most poisonous serpents tucked inside his/her pant only.

Sycophants are like serpents because a person who keeps them is definitely bitten by them one day.