'...There is an affinity and short transition betwixt all the violent passions that agitate the human mind. They are all false perspectives, which, though they magnify, yet perplex and render indistinct every object which they represent. And flattery is never so successfully adminstered, as to those who know they stand in need of friendship, assent, and approbation.'
from The Adventures of Count Fathom by Tobias Smollett (Chapter Thirty)
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