And care they soothe, and age they cheer.
1807
“THE BIRTH OF FLATTERY”.
Omnia habeo, nec quicquam habeo;
Quidquid, dicunt, laudo; id rursum si negant, laudo id quoque;
Negat quis, nego; ait, aio;
Postremo imperavi egomet mihi
Omnia assentari.
TERENCE, in Eunuch.
’Tis an old maxim in the schools,