It must, indeed, be admitted that many of the nobility are as perfectly willing to act the part of flatterers, tale-bearers, parasites, pimps, and buffoons, as any of the lowest and vilest of mankind can possibly be.
Burke critiques the willingness of some nobles to engage in sycophantic behavior, equating them with the lowest of society.
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