Top 10 Flatterer Quotes

Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.

Flattery, Expenses, Flatterer

"The Fables of La Fontaine: Book I". Book by Jean de La Fontaine, 1668.

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

Inferiors, Flatterer

Aristotle (1996). “The Nicomachean Ethics”, p.215, Wordsworth Editions

Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.

Human Nature, Expenses, Flatterer

"The Fables of La Fontaine: Book I". Book by Jean de La Fontaine, 1668.

It is hard to resist a flatterer who gets it right.

Ego, Hard, Flatterer

By flatterers besieged And so obliging that he ne'er obliged.

Flattery, Obliged, Flatterer

Alexander Pope (1825). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With a Sketch of the Author's Life”, p.265

The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.

Race, Enemy, Flatterer

Patience is a flatterer, sir, and an ass, sir.

Ass, Flatterer

Aphra Behn (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Aphra Behn (Illustrated)”, p.1065, Delphi Classics

A flatterer can risk everything with great personages.

Risk, Great Person, Flatterer

"Gil Blas". Book by Alain-René Lesage. Book IV, Chapter 7, 1735.

I am surrounded by flatterers and fools.

Fool, Flatterer

George R. R. Martin (2016). “A Game of Thrones: The Illustrated Edition: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One”, p.210, Bantam

A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.

Throat, Flatterer

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.344

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