The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.

The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.

Intelligence has no attachment to the opinion it has formed, but only to the truth it may contain; and, knowing that error insinuates itself under the guise of truth, through the same inlets by which truth is admitted, it is ever diffident of its att

I'm afraid I'm being an awful nuisance.

My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.