'T is an old maxim in the schools,
That flattery 's the food of fools;
Yet now and then your men of wit
Will condescend to take a bit.
Cadenus and Vanessa.
Hail fellow, well met.[290:2]
My Lady's Lamentation.
Big-endians and small-endians.[290:3]
Gulliver's Travels. Part i. Chap. iv. Voyage to Lilliput.
And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.