Flattery is so necessary to all of us that we flatter one another just to be flattered in return.

Marjorie Bowen (1885-1952) British writer [pseud. of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V[ere] Long née Campbell; a/k/a Joseph Shearing, George R. Preedy, John Winch, Robert Paye, Margaret Campbell]

“The Art of Flattery,” World’s Wonder and Other Essays (1938)