Day 1,172: sycophancy

The cosy sycophancy toward Smith was unbearable.

Artwork of the day 
In the smithy
Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin
Original Title: В кузнице
Date: 1932
Style: Symbolism
Genre: sketch and study

Word of the day 
sycophancy: behaviour in which someone praises powerful or rich people in a way that is not sincere, usually in order to get some advantage from them

Quote of the day
“I would rather a thousand times be a free soul in jail than to be a sycophant and coward in the streets.”
― Eugene V. Debs, Eugene V. Debs Speaks