 | Phineas Garrett - 1885 - 988 strani
...speech, it is the bodily symbol of identity. Emtrsan. '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. Advice is like snow ; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1886 - 222 strani
...fail. She noted all she ever read, And had a most discerning head. "Pis 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. • CADENUS AND VANESSA. Ill So when Cadenus conld not hide, He chose to... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1889 - 460 strani
...all she ever read And had a most discerning head ! '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. So, when Cadenus could not hide, He chose to justify his pride ; Construing... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 strani
...gree, Eftsoons to court he cast t' advance his first degree. SPENSER. 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. Almighty vanity ! to thee they owe Their zest of pleasure, and their... | |
 | Louis Klopsch - 1896 - 382 strani
...more easy to flatter than to praise. —JEAN PAUL. '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. Ah! when the means are gone, that buy this praise, The breath... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 strani
...follow fawning. g. Hamlet. Act III. Sc. 2. L. 65. 'Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery's , condescend to take a bit. r. SWIFT — Cadmus and Vanessa. L. 760. Where Young must torture his invention... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1896 - 664 strani
...always dislike the flattery. Swift says truly — " '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." Another resident of whom I saw much at Bath was my mother's cousin, Miss... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1896 - 676 strani
...always dislike the flattery. Swift says truty — " '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." Another resident of whom I saw much at Bath was my mother's cousin, Miss... | |
 | W. V. Byars - 1901 - 616 strani
...come short of self-conceit. — Gay: * Pables. ' '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. — Swifi : *Cadfnus and Va Of folly, vice, disease, men proud we see ; And... | |
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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. 
