 | 1847 - عدد الصفحات: 540
...well-tim'd, artful flattery may yield. LlLLG. 7. 'T is 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. 8. Minds, By nature great, are conscious of their greatness, And hold it... | |
 | Horae - 1851 - عدد الصفحات: 414
...nor any thing more ridiculous than for a vain man to be always boafting of himfelf. L'ESTRANGE. 5. 'Tis an old maxim in the fchools That vanity's the...then your men of wit Will condefcend to take a bit. — SWIFT. 6. VANITY is a ftrong temptation to lying ; it makes people magnify their merit, over-flourifh... | |
 | Clara Cameron (fict.name.) - 1851 - عدد الصفحات: 882
...Brown and the little fellow over." CHAPTER VIII. " It has been said in ancient rules, That flattery is the food of fools, Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to taste a bit." SWIFT. " In solemn grandeur now she left her coach, And made with haughty... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1852 - عدد الصفحات: 560
...assen.tari. '""'• •' " ,, TERENT. in^EunucK. It has been Held in ancient. rules ' -That flattery is the food of fools ;, Yet now and then your, men of wit Will condescend to taste a bit. , , 'SWIFT. , \ The subject — .Poverty and Cunning described — -When... | |
 | 1852 - عدد الصفحات: 874
...she ever read ! And had a most discerning head ! 'Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery 's vain the Tyrian maids their wounded Thammuz And sullen M condescend to take a bit. So, when Cadenus could not hide, He chose to justify, his pride ; Construing... | |
 | David Hunter Strother - 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 314
...lisping minx makes me promise what she pleases. "' 'Tis an old maxim of the schools, That flattery's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit.' No, no, it was not that—I'm too old for that—but it was a piece of the... | |
 | John Potter Hamilton - 1860 - عدد الصفحات: 362
...killed at these battues, And what a temptation this is to poachers. " 'Tis an old maxim in the schools, That vanity's the food of fools ; Yet now and then your men of wit, Will condescend to take a bit." —SWIFT. Some sportsmen entertain an opinion that the red grouse have degenerated... | |
 | 1866 - عدد الصفحات: 294
...Compliments cost nothing, but many pay dear for them. "Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery is the food of fools ; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit. All-potent flattery ! universal lord ! Revil'd, yet courted; censur'd, yet... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - عدد الصفحات: 752
...draws, The very echo to our self-applause ! Pope. '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. Swift, Cadeniu and J'ancsta. Of folly, vice, disease, men proud we see ;... | |
 | Aesop - 1869 - عدد الصفحات: 308
...Compliments cost nothing, but many pay dear for them. 'Tis an old maxim in the schools. That flattery is the food of fools ; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit. All-potent flattery ! universal lord ! Reviled, yet courted ; censured, yet... | |
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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. 
