A Fool that will Swallow Flattery, shall never want a Knave to give it him.
Source: L'Estrange 424.
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M0559 (not in Perry)
Friday, December 14, 2001
L'Estrange: A Fox and a Divining Cock.
A Fox that had spy'd out a Cock at Roost upon a Tree, and out of his Reach, fell all of a sudden into an Extravagant Fit of Kindness for him; and to Enlarge upon the Wonderful Esteem he had for the Faculties and good Graces of the Bird, but more particularly for his Skill in Divination, and the Foreknowledge of Things to come. Oh (says he) that I were but Worthy the Friendship of so great a Prophet! This Flattery brought the Cock down from the Tree into the very Mouth of the Fox, and so away he Trudges with him into the Woods; reflecting still as he went, upon the strange Force that Fair Words have upon vain Fools: For this Sot of a Cock (says he) to take himself for a Diviner, and yet not foresee at the same time, that if he fell into my Clutches, I should certainly make a Supper of him.
A Fool that will Swallow Flattery, shall never want a Knave to give it him.
Source: L'Estrange 424.
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Grandville images.
A Fool that will Swallow Flattery, shall never want a Knave to give it him.
Source: L'Estrange 424.
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Grandville images.
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