Quotes with flattery

Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.

The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing.

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

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

Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.

The ambitious are forever followed by adulation for they receive the most pleasure from flattery.