"Beware of flattery! 'tis a flowery weed, Which oft offends the very idol-vice, Whose shrine it would perfume."

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Source : "Mariamne: A Tragedy" by Elijah Fenton, (Act IV, Scene V, p. 46), 1723.

Elijah Fenton

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