PITHY QUOTES FROM PAST MASTERS
The difference between praise and flattery, is the same as between that hospitality that sets wine enough before the guest, and that which forces him to be drunk.
The Letters of Samuel Johnson & Boswell's Life of Johnson. The letters of Samuel Johnson, with Mrs. Thrale's genuine letters to him. Volume 1, Letter to Mrs. Thrale. 311. M. 24 May ’73