If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
If you see our best seller list, most of them are books that are given as gifts. They are books you give to flatter somebody.
Oh, flatter me; for love delights in praises.
We deceive and flatter no one by such delicate artificies as we do our own selves.
The politician who once had to learn to flatter Kings has now to learn how to fascinate, amuse, coax, humbug, frighten, or otherwise strike the fancy of the electorate.
Flatter me, but delicately, please, for I am fastidious.