'Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery's the food … - Jonathan Swift

'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

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Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer and satirist. Acclaimed as one of the finest prose satirists in the English language, he was also well known for his poetry and essays.

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Alternative Names: Isaac Bickerstaff • M. B. Drapier • Lemuel Gulliver • Simon Wagstaff

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Complaint is the largest tribute heaven receives, and the sincerest part of our devotion.

Ever eating, never cloying,
All-devouring, all-destroying
Never finding full repast,
Till I eat the world at last.

Libertas et natale solum:
Fine words! I wonder where you stole 'em.

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