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The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.

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If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches which are not due to them, they likewise receive praises which they do not deserve.
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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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There are infinite reveries, numberless extravagances, and a perpetual train of vanities which pass through both.
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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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