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Flattery (n.) as ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the fable of the crow teaches it is a lesson in making another drop his cheese rather than keeping your own.

Flattery (n.) intoxicates ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠most when it seems natural, slipping out involuntarily as though from a heart too full.

Flattery (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠oftener a virtue than a vice in the young: we give way not to deceive, but to avoid repaying kindness with offense.

Flattery (n.) under ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠tyranny: Otho's senators heaped curses on Vitellius while making a deafening noise, so that if he ever became their master he could not know who had said what.

Flattery (n.) turns ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠its object into Midas: he sees everything turn to gold at his touch but not the ass's ears growing — keep money from the boy's work lest he become an ass.