William Penn. (1644–1718). Fruits of Solitude.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.
Complacency
149. Never assent merely to please others. For that is, besides Flattery, oftentimes Untruth; and discovers a Mind liable to be servile and base: Nor contradict to vex others, for that shows an ill Temper, and provokes, but profits no Body.