Flattery: Day 158 readings from "Character And Conduct" - June 9

Readings for June 9 from "Character And Conduct: A Book Of Helpful Thoughts by Great Writers of Past and Present Ages" selected and arranged for daily reading by Constance M. Whishaw.

"Flattery"

Original text:

https://archive.org/details/characterandcon00unkngoog/page/n177/mode/2up
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39648/39648-h/39648-h.htm#Page_160

Authors featured today:

François de La Rochefoucauld https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_de_La_Rochefoucauld_(writer)
Philip Wicksteed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Wicksteed
https://oll.libertyfund.org/person/philip-h-wicksteed
https://mises.org/profile/philip-h-wicksteed

Note: the author of the fourth reading is mispelled as "Wickstead" in the original text. The quote is from "Four Lectures on Henrik Ibsen, Dealing Chiefly With His Metrical Works" by Philip Henry Wicksteed (1844-1927).

https://archive.org/details/fourlecturesonhe00wickiala/page/54/mode/2up?q=The+devil+has

Image:

Philip Wicksteed, 1906
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Philip_Wicksteed.png