One may define flattery as a base companionship which is most advantageous to the flatterer.
Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren't present.
Flattery and insults raise the same question: What do you want?
Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.
Advertising - a judicious mixture of flattery and threats.
Flattery was one of Kissinger's principal tools in winning over Nixon, and a tool he employed shamelessly.
Immigration is the sincerest form of flattery.