“I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free.”
― Georgia O'Keeffe

"A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet."
- Holy Bible (ESV), Proverbs 29:5

Then there are people who don't mind bending the truth to be kind. Maybe some of these people have an ulterior motive or cruel intentions. Do you know someone who uses flattery to get what they want?

"Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true."
- Robert Brault

"Nine times out of 10, the most charming thing to say in any given situation will be the exact opposite of what one really feels."
- Geoff Dyer, Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush

"There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie."
- Juvenal

"Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery."
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky

"Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery." - Dr. Joyce Brothers