More people are flattered into virtue than bullied out of vice.
Robert Smith Surtees

My vanity was flattered by having been mistaken for our revered sovereign. I ordered a banquet to be got ready for the following evening, under the trees before my house, and invited the whole town.
Adelbert von Chamisso

Once again our cricketers have flattered to deceive in Australia.
Ted Dexter

The fact that anyone would find me sexy is very, very flattering, but ridiculous. I so don't believe it. But I'm flattered. Truth is, I don't lift a finger to look sexy. Ever.
Laura Prepon

The fool within himself is the object of pity, until he is flattered.
Richard Steele

There have been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them.
William Shakespeare

To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment.
Jane Austen

When someone picks up one of my songs and records it, I'm a flattered man, it's a blessing to me.
Smokey Robinson

Yeah, I've always been accused of having a sense of mischief and I'm very flattered that you say you can see it in the roles I play, because I think that's important, even if I do play intense characters, like especially Christine Cagney.
Sharon Gless

You are always flattered when big clubs are interested in you.
Rio Ferdinand