The Art of Flattery

Flattery is a great art. It is inborn. It cannot be taught or acquired. It is always in the blood of a flatterer. It is the sign of a mean person. It is the art of praising a person who does not deserve it and it is done with a view to getting some favour from him or her. In short, flatterer gives undeserved praise with a hidden motive.

Flattery is often distorted praise showered upon those persons who flatter themselves as great and good people. A flatterer is generally an absolute liar. He is an expert in the art of distortion, perversion, fabrication and concoction. A flatterer polishes a lie with the thick varnish of falsehood so perfectly that it shines as much as perfect truth. Often flattery is exaggerated praise.

A successful flatterer is a great genius. He fabricates strange lies in order to puff the pride the pride of the flattered. The art of flattery consists in completely hypnotizing the person by showing him in in exaggerated terms. Just as the bees buzz around flowers and suck their juice, similarly flatterers are bees in human shape and flock round those who are in power, pelf ad position.

A flatterer is great psychologist. He knows all the fault of a person. He plays upon the weak points of his subjects so skillfully as to present an illusory image. Lovers of flattery lack self-analysis. They can be easily taken in by a man who flatters them and satisfies their ego. It has rightly been said, “A fool flatters himself, the wise man flatters the fools.”

In fact, those who have a weakness for self-love and self-importance invite flattery. All people like praise but a few like flattery. Women are great lovers of flattery. Flattery is the very food and tonic of women. Women prefer praise to pelf and power. They like men to flatter them. Most people are won by flattery.

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