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A bad man is as much pleased as a good man is distressed to speak ill of others.
Mahābhārata.
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Every bird has its decoy, and every man is led and misled in his own peculiar way.
Goethe.
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There is such a grateful tickling in the mind of man in being commended that even when we know the praises which are bestowed on us are not our due, we are not angry with the author’s insincerity.
Feltham.