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— Samuel Johnson"Pope had been flattered till he thought himself one of the moving powers of the system of life. When he talked of laying down his pen, those who sat round him intreated and implored; and self-love did not suffer him to suspect that they went away and laughed."
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No wonder, Sir, that he is vain; a man who is perpetually flattered in every mode that can be conceived. So many bellows have blown the fire, that one wonders he is not by this time become a cinder.
— Samuel Johnson
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I'm even flattered! It's what success is like. I'm happy I seem unreal to them, it means I'm doing a good job.
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