Flattery may be considered as a mode of companionship, degrading but profitable to him who flatters.

Teofrasto · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 528

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

Flattery may be considered as a mode of companionship, degrading but profitable to him who flatters.

Teofrasto · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 528

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W. A. Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings (1893) · Detto n. 528 · attribuzione riportata: Theophrastus

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Petty ambition would seem to be a mean craving after distinction.

Teofrasto · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 165

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

Grossness is not difficult to define: it is obtrusive and objectionable pleasantry.

Teofrasto · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 303