A Quote by Samuel Johnson
But, perhaps, the flatterer is not often detected; for an honest mind is not apt to suspect, and no one exerts the power of discernment with much vigour when selflove favors the deceit.
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I'd rather get bad news from an honest man than lies from a flatterer.
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