Abhor flatterers and deceivers

Abhor flatterers as you would deceivers. For both, if trusted, injure those who trust them. Isocrates. To Demonicus. Chapter 1. Section 30.


Apollo Citharist from the House of the Citharist in Pompeii, Italy 1st century BCE Bronze with bone inlaid eyes photographed at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry as part of "Pompeii: The Exhibition" in Portland, Oregon.

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