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Cicero: An open flatterer any one can detect, unless he is an absolute fool the covert insinuation of the cunning and the sly is…

On the record44 BC
An open flatterer any one can detect, unless he is an absolute fool the covert insinuation of the cunning and the sly is what we have to be studiously on our guard against.
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Cicero

Editor's note · Context

Providing guidance on discerning insincere praise, Cicero distinguishes between easily identifiable overt flattery and the more dangerous, subtle insinuations of the cunning.

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