He that rewards flattery, begs it

Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies.

Flattery of sycophants may look tempting and tastes like mouth-watering delicious sweets,but it can cause permanent chronic diabetes if exceeds a limit.

The gentle wave of self-enjoyment on received flattery even inundates and capsizes many thinking caps.

One's self-enjoyment of received flattery innudates and capsizes his thinking cap.

The battery of flattery received and enjoyed as lottery by a man from the coterie just flattens his growth inconspicuously but consistently.