“Neither will I put myself forward as others may do,Neither, if you wish to flatter, will I flatter you;I will look at you grimly, and so you will know I am true.”
William Rose Benet
“He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.”
William Shakespeare
“But when I tell him he hates flatterers, He says he does, being then most flattered”
“It's flattering to be considered. I'm looking forward to it.”
Sean Callahan
“Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.”
William Arthur Ward
“Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.”
Jean de La Fontaine
“Patience is a flatterer, sir and an ass, sir”
Aphra Behn