Beware of flattery! 'tis a flowery weed, Which oft offends the very idol-vice, Whose shrine it would perfume.
"Mariamne: A Tragedy" by Elijah Fenton, (Act IV, Scene V, p. 46), 1723.
Beware of flattery! 'tis a flowery weed, Which oft offends the very idol-vice, Whose shrine it would perfume.