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kel❤️ I LOVE YOU! ❤️ You are amazing!You are discerning,you are kind, you have excellent taste and never settle for anything but the very best in life - you really are amazing!!Thank you for Listening 👂 Boosting 🚀 Buying 🙏 my music ❤️ <a href="https://kelaudio.bandcamp.com/album/kel" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://kelaudio.bandcamp.com/album/kel</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bandcamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bandcamp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BandcampFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BandcampFriday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Marketing101" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Marketing101</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Lust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lust</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Flattery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Flattery</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Macron" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Macron</a>, practicing the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/flattery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#flattery</a> that allied leaders often try to employ w/Trump, commends <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Trump</a> for working with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Ukraine</a>’s president, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Zelensky" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Zelensky</a>, on the rare <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/minerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#minerals</a> agreement.“No one in this world wants to live in a world where it’s the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#law</a> of the strongest & international borders can be violated from one day to the next,‘” Macron said. This is a line Trump would never say — he talks of making a deal, but does not accuse <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Russia</a> of taking Ukrainian land.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#StandWithUkraine</a>

Rod2ik 🇪🇺 🇨🇵 🇪🇸 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 🇬🇱His claims align with previous allegations from other former Soviet intelligence officers, including <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OlegKalugin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OlegKalugin</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YuriShvets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YuriShvets</a> , who assert that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> was cultivated by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KGB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KGB</a> for years. Reports have long suggested that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Soviet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Soviet</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#intelligence</a> used <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/flattery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flattery</a> , <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deals</a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/potential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#potential</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kompromat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kompromat</a> to bring him into their orbit.

C.As a consequence of these various <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/personality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#personality</a>, <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/temperament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#temperament</a>, and <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/intellectual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#intellectual</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/deficits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deficits</a>, Trump is, for a world leader, amazingly easy to <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/manipulate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#manipulate</a>.If you <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/butter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#butter</a> him up, and suggest doing something will make him look good - well, there's a good chance he'll listen intently. He likes to listen to people telling him he's wonderful, and giving him easy ways to appear more wonderful. Much better than listening to people asking him to choose between tough or ugly choices on complicated subjects.He's also got that tendency where he believes whatever the last person he spoke to told him. This is why people - remember those oligarchs who were literally in front-row seats at his inauguration? - want to be close to him, figuratively and literally. If you keep his <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ear</a>, you can keep him behind your needs, your ideas, your wants.So, given all this, why the hell did he declare <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economic</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#war</a> on <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> (and Mexico, and China, but I'm <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canadian</a>) when it was:(a) obviously a bad idea for the US and the world <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economy</a>; there will be pain, and it will hurt him - price of eggs and all that (b) not something that was going to personally <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#profit</a> him in any big way (c) not in the interests of his <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#billionaire</a> oligarchs (d) not a primary plank in his campaign - at least not in this scorched-earth approach he's takenWhy?2/x<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/reasons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reasons</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/manipulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#manipulation</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/goldfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#goldfish</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/compliment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#compliment</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/flattery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flattery</a>

alice 🪞♥️ 🎩🐇“Morris read through the letter. Was it a shade too fulsome? No, that was another law of academic life: it is impossible to be excessive in flattery of one’s peers.”— <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DavidLodge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DavidLodge</a><a href="https://beige.party/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academic</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/flattery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flattery</a>

WIST Quotations has moved!A quotation from Fuller, Thomas (1654):« Endure Reproof when thou doest amiss. It’s a Benefit which Princes are deprived of; for they converse familiarly with very few Persons, and those make it their only Business to humour, not to advise them. »Full quote, sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/73741/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/73741/</a><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/advice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#advice</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/advisor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#advisor</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/criticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criticism</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/flattery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flattery</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#power</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/reproof" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reproof</a>

Radio Azureus<a href="https://mastodon.social/@geerlingguy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@geerlingguy</a> fact is that you were flattered by many different people on the internet, of whom the large language model took everything and then merged it into one <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LLM</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/flattery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flattery</a>

The Kyiv Independent [unofficial]Ukraine Daily summary - Monday Sunday, December 15 2024Over 2,000 Ukrainian military personnel hospitalized for chemical poisoning since Russian invasion of Ukraine -- [video] With Ukraine's ace drone unit hunting Russian soldiers near Kupiansk -- Suspected terrorist attack in Dnipro kills 1, injures 4 -- US weighs sanctions on Russia's shadow fleet, Chinese banks supporting war effort -- and more<a href="https://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20summary%20-%20Monday%20Sunday,%20December%2015%202024/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20summary%20-%20Monday%20Sunday,%20December%2015%202024/</a>

WIST Quotations has moved!A quotation from Horace:« Best seed of gods, best keeper of the race Of Romulus, thou art too long from home. Thy word, giv’n in the Senate’s holy place, Redeem that word, and come. Restore, good Prince, thy country’s light of day, For when thy visage dawns, like spring benign, The hours more smoothly win their gracious way, The suns more kindly shine. »Full quote, sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/horace/73392/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://wist.info/horace/73392/</a><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/flattery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flattery</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/leader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#leader</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/paean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paean</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/plea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plea</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/prayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prayer</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/return" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#return</a>

WIST Quotations has moved!A quotation from Moliere:« ALCESTE: Finding on every hand base flattery, Injustice, fraud, self-interest, treachery … Ah, it’s too much; mankind has grown so base, I mean to break with the whole human race. »Full quote, sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/moliere/73138/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://wist.info/moliere/73138/</a><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/badbehavior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#badbehavior</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/deceit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deceit</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/evil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#evil</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/flattery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flattery</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/humanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humanity</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#injustice</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/insincerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insincerity</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/selfinterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#selfinterest</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/selfishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#selfishness</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/treachery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#treachery</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/misanthropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#misanthropy</a>

Your Autistic Life FR/EN/ESAw... flattery from a spammer:"Incredible! This blog looks just like my old one! It’s on a entirely different topic but it has pretty much the same layout and design. Great choice of colors!"What? You also produced a blog that uses the "dog shit" palette?<a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spam</a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/spammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spammers</a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/flattery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flattery</a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/DogShit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DogShit</a>

HYPERPEACEIs copying a form of flattery? different to other topics as I have tried to look this up.Well, yeah? It means someone has liked your stuff enough to essentially copy it or be inspired by it. Whenever I hear it in pop songs, I have to wonder whether it's copied or stolen, because both have two different intents behind it. People mistake copying for stealing which isn't always the case. My view on it is generally to do with the intent. There are such a thing as happy accidents which is why there can be similar sounding chords and keys in songs. Likewise in art, brushes and colour palettes. I can understand if my work was stolen and profited on, I would be pissed. Since my intent is not profit, it goes against my wishes and essentially crushes my dreams. Which is why you'll likely never find me funded or published by a corporation.Which is to say, if I inspire people or am somehow good enough to be copied from, thank you. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/copying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#copying</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/flattery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flattery</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/imitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#imitation</a>

WIST Quotations has moved!A quotation from Buck, Pearl S.:« Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame. To praise for the wrong possession or attribute can wound beyond amends. »Full quote, sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/buck-pearl-s/71914/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://wist.info/buck-pearl-s/71914/</a><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/blame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blame</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/flattery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flattery</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/hurt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hurt</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/offense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#offense</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/praise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#praise</a>

Your Autistic Life FR/EN/ES:catthinking: "very interesting, but nothing sensible"I do publish nonsense... and if this were a comment to my nonsense, it would be a compliment.Alas. This was posted into an actual article of mine in which I was arguing for a position. As such, it is an insult.Maybe the spammer was confused????<a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/spammer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spammer</a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spam</a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/flattery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flattery</a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/compliments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#compliments</a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/insults" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insults</a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blog</a>

Nonilex“We would hop around his…clubs, bldgs, holding rooms, limos, planes, golf carts, & mob scenes, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Trump</a> disgorging his usual <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bluster" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bluster</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/slander" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#slander</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/flattery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#flattery</a>, & obvious <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#lies</a>. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diatribes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#diatribes</a> were <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/exhausting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#exhausting</a> & disjointed.“…I was struck by one theme that Trump kept pounding on over & over: he was used to dealing w/'brutal, vicious killers'—by which he meant his fellow ruthless operators in showbiz, real estate, casinos, & other…industries. In contrast, he told me, politicians are saps & weaklings.

WIST Quotations has moved!A quotation from Wilcox, Ella Wheeler:« The choicest garb, the sweetest grace, Are oft to strangers shown; The careless mien, the frowning face, Are given to our own. We flatter those we scarcely know, We please the fleeting guest, And deal full many a thoughtless blow To those who love us best. »Full quote, sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/wilcox-ella-wheeler/34348/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://wist.info/wilcox-ella-wheeler/34348/</a><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/acquaintance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#acquaintance</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/beloved" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beloved</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/familiarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#familiarity</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#family</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/flattery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flattery</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/friend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#friend</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/guest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#guest</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/hospitality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hospitality</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/inconsideration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inconsideration</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/neglect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neglect</a>

WIST Quotations has moved!A quotation from Fuller, Thomas (1654):« Look as much into the Intention of him that praises thee, as of him that calumniates thee. »Full quote, sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/71719/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/71719/</a><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/badintent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#badintent</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/denunciation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#denunciation</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/flattery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flattery</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/goodintent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#goodintent</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/insult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insult</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/intent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#intent</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/motivation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#motivation</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/motives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#motives</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/praise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#praise</a>

WIST Quotations has moved!A quotation from La Bruyere, Jean de:« We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly. »Full quote, sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/la-bruyere-jean-de/70360/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://wist.info/la-bruyere-jean-de/70360/</a><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/criticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criticism</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/danger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#danger</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/great" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#great</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/flattery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flattery</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/lesemajeste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lesemajeste</a>, <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/powerful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#powerful</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/truthtopower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#truthtopower</a>

Matt Willemsen'Spy mania': Why is Russia accusing its own physicists of treason? <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8001gvp4dpo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8001gvp4dpo</a> #<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#russia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mania</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/physicists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#physicists</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hypersonic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hypersonic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/treason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#treason</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/flattery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flattery</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misdirection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#misdirection</a>

Gregory B SadlerHere's the next Sadler's Lectures podcast episode on Plutarch's How To Tell A Flatterer From A Friend, this one looking at the toolkit of tricks flatterers use to imitate friendship. Next episodes we'll discuss frankness of speech!<a href="https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/plutarch-how-to-tell-a-flatterer-from-a-friend-tricks-flatterers-employ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/plutarch-how-to-tell-a-flatterer-from-a-friend-tricks-flatterers-employ</a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Podcast</a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Plutarch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Plutarch</a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Philosophy</a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Friendship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Friendship</a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Flattery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Flattery</a>

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