Flattery Quotes

"Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery." "The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot " "The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing" "Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you" "Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver" "When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door." "None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not" "To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment"