flattery Quotes

A flatterer is a friend who is your inferior, or pretends to be so.

No man of high and generous spirit is ever willing to indulge in flattery; the good may feel affection for others, but will not flatter them.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

People generally despise where they flatter.

All flatterers are mercenary, and all low-minded men are flatterers.