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Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 15

A fool is pleased by flattery like the inflated heel of a corpse that has the appearance of fatness. Take care not to listen to the voice of a flatterer Who expects cheaply to derive profit from thee. If one day thou failest to satisfy his wishes He enumerates two hundred faults of thine. THE GULISTAN OF SA'DI Translated by Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)