“Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.”
Apprenez que tout flatteur
Vit aux dépens de celui qui l'écoute.
Book I (1668), fable 2. Variant translations: Learn now that every flatterer lives at the cost of those who give him credit.
In exchange for your cheese I will give you a piece of advice for the future — Do not trust flatterers.
Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
Fables (1668–1679)
Original
Apprenez que tout flatteur, Vit aux dépens de celui qui l’écoute.
Livre Fables/Hachette, livre premier, fable II, 10, Le Corbeau et le Renard
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