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Erasmus says that you should praise a ruler even for qualities he does not have....
Author:
Hilary Mantel
Book:
Bring Up the Bodies
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Erasmus says that you should praise a ruler even for qualities he does not have. For the flattery gives him to think. And the qualities he presently lacks, he might go to work on them.
( Hilary Mantel )
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