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We Often Make Use Of Envenomed Praise, That Reveals On The Rebound, As It Were, Defects In Those Praised Which We Dare Not Exposeany Other Way.
-Francois De La Rochefoucauld
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We Often Make Use Of Envenomed Praise,

Francois De La Rochefoucauld
We Often Make Use Of Envenomed Praise, That Reveals On The Rebound, As It Were, Defects In Those Praised Which We Dare Not Exposeany Other Way.
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