Flatterers

"Flatterers," says he, "consider misers as men of happy minds, since they admire wealth supremely, and think no instance can be found of a poor man that is also happy; and therefore they exhort their sons to apply themselves to the arts of money making.

The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. John Lord 1852

Devoirs towards such a Goddess, as the World's Flatterers had made of me.

The Amours of Bosvil and Galesia 2008

He grumbles, “Flatterers of party leaders are the heroes in our media.”

Foreign Paws Over Nepali National Media 2008

Devoirs towards such a Goddess, as the World's Flatterers had made of me.

The Amours of Bosvil and Galesia 2008

Flatterers are they, and whimperers, and nothing more.

Thus spake Zarathustra; A book for all and none 2001

[357] From a play of Eupolis called "The Flatterers."

Plutarch's Morals 46-120? Plutarch

Nor did the Flatterers of his Fortune, those who had lived by his Bounty when in his Prosperity, pay the least Regard either to him or his Family.

Goody Two-Shoes A Facsimile Reproduction of the Edition of 1766 Anonymous

Dangers, and there is no judging of the Power of one in my Station, by the Flattery that is paid him, for Flatterers take things frequently by outward Appearances; and notwithstanding my arbitrary manner of treating some Persons, my Safety is depending upon the

A Voyage to Cacklogallinia With a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners of That Country Captain Samuel Brunt

Flatterers are seldom proof against their own poison.

The Cow Puncher Robert J. C. Stead 1919

Flatterers, and even the tutor himself, stimulated the extravagant imperiousness of the crown-prince, while Martini (professor of natural law) found in him an eager student of physiocracy -- a doctrine which affected profoundly Joseph's mind, firing him with an enthusiasm for current views, the "rights of man", and the welfare of the people.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913