'T is an old maxim in the schools, That flattery 's the food of fools Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit. Jonathan Swift
He that thinks himself capable of astonishing may write blank verse: but those that hope only to please must condescend to rhyme. Samuel Johnson
A man well-known to be a liar had just told a most improbable story. "Sir, while I believe you,” someone said, "you must admit that it's very wrong of truth not to condescend to be more plausible.”. Nicolas Chamfort
And it's wrong of you to think that love leaves room for nothing else. It's possible to love something and still condescend to it. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The mind is patient and adjusts itself, it likes to play; but the heart grows savage and will not condescend to play; it stifles and rushes to tear apart the nets of necessity. Nikos Kazantzakis
I like to blur the line between fact and fiction, but not to condescend to the reader by enmeshing her/him into some sort of a postmodern coop. Aleksandar Hemon