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"We
despise no source that can pay us a pleasing attention."
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Mark
Twain
Does the Race
of Man Love a Lord?
1902
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| M |
| "Of
all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; / And of all tame,
a flatterer." |
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Ben
Jonson
Sejanus
His Fall
1603
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| M |
| "There
is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by
letting men understand they will not offend you by speaking
the truth; but when everyone can tell you the truth, you lose
their respect." |
Niccolo
Machiavelli
The Prince
1517
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