human
This is a 'bad bargain,' my boy, said the old man, tremulously.
gpt
You have ruined us all.
human
Ruined you! responded the son, in a tone that stung the father to the heart.
gpt
Who ruined me? I was ruined when you flattered me so in my boyhood, telling me so often how clever I was and good at a bargain, instead of checking me: when you praised my trickery instead of punishing it. Had you then kept back those words of parental flattery and trained me in principles of strict honesty, I should not _now_ have been here, paying in prison walls by convict labour and a felon's name the price of 'being good at a bargain.'
human
Take care, says Walter Raleigh,
gpt
Beware of flattery--'tis a flowery weed Which oft offends the very idol vice Whose shrine it would perfume.
human
Of all wild beasts, preserve me from a tyrant; And of all tame--a flatterer.
gpt
As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the loudest babblers.
human
Practice makes perfect;