We must be careful how we flatter fools too little, or wise men too much, for the flatterer must act the very reverse of the physician, and administer the strongest dose only to the weakest patient.


Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan (ed. 1823)

Charles Caleb Colton Quotes

We must be careful how we flatter fools too little, or wise men too much, for the flatterer must act the very reverse of the physician, and...

We must be careful how we flatter fools too little, or wise men too much, for the flatterer must act the very reverse of the physician, and...

We must be careful how we flatter fools too little, or wise men too much, for the flatterer must act the very reverse of the physician, and...

We must be careful how we flatter fools too little, or wise men too much, for the flatterer must act the very reverse of the physician, and...