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  • People generally despise where they flatter, and cringe to those they would gladly overtop; so that truth and ceremony are two things.

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    Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome), André Dacier, Thomas Gataker, Cebes (of Thebes.) (1701). “The Emperor Marcus Antoninus: His Conversation with Himself”, p.211
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People generally despise where they flatter, and cringe to those they would gladly overtop; so that truth and ceremony are two things. - Marcus Aurelius
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