The lie that flatters I abhor the most.
WILLIAM COWPER, Table Talk
- 'Tis an old maxim in the schools,
- That flattery's the food of fools;
- Yet now and then your men of wit
- Will condescend to take a bit.
JONATHAN SWIFT, Cadenus and Vanessa
To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery.
JOHN CHURTON COLLINS, Maxims and Reflections
