Flattery
Flattery (also called adulation or blandishment) is the act of giving excessive compliments, generally for the purpose of ingratiating oneself with the subject.
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Famous quotes containing the word flattery:
“Your flattery is as full of contempt as your insults were.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing.”
—Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)
“Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)