A flattered woman is always indulgent. [ Chenier ]

We seldom find out that we are flattered. [ Proverb ]

But when I tell him he hates flatterers,
He says he does, being then most flattered. [ William Shakespeare ]

He that is much flattered soon learns to flatter himself. [ Johnson ]

He that loves to be flattered is worthy of the flatterer. [ William Shakespeare ]

If we never flattered ourselves we should have but scant pleasure. [ La Rochefoucauld ]

Do you wish a portrait that is not flattered? Ask a woman to make one of her rival. [ De Propriac ]

We sometimes think we hate flattery, when we only hate the manner in which we have been flattered. [ Rochefoucauld ]

Very ugly or very beautiful women should be flattered on their understanding, and mediocre ones on their beauty. [ Chesterfield ]

Flattery pleases very generally. In the first place, the flatterer may think what he says to be true, but, in the second place, whether he thinks so or not, he certainly thinks those whom be flatters of consequence enough to be flattered. [ Johnson ]