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— Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington"Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable."
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What if a man save my life with a draught that was prepared to poison me? The providence of the issue does not at all discharge the obliquity of the intent. And the same reason holds good even in religion itself. It is not the incense, or the offering that is acceptable to God, but the purity and devotion of the worshipper.
— Seneca the Younger
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The referee said it was not acceptable, but the Press considered they could not refuse to publish a book by a professor of the university.
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