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There is nothing in the world more difficult than being honest, and nothing easier than flattering. If only one sound is false in honesty, there is already dissonance, and with it scandal. But if the flattery is false all the way, to the last note, it is still pleasant, it is still listened to with pleasure. A shallow pleasure, but a pleasure. And no matter how thick the flattery is, at least half of it is believed.

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There is nothing in the world more difficult than being honest, and nothing easier than flattering. If only one sound is false in honesty, there is already dissonance, and with it scandal. But if the flattery is false all the way, to the last note, it is still pleasant, it is still listened to with pleasure. A shallow pleasure, but a pleasure. And no matter how thick the flattery is, at least half of it is believed.

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Hungarian

"Nincs a világon nehezebb, mint őszintének lenni, és nincs könnyebb, mint hízelegni. Ha az őszinteségben csak egyetlenegy hang hamis, már megvan a disszonancia, és azzal együtt a botrány. De ha a hízelgés végig, az utolsó hangig hamis, akkor is kellemes, akkor is élvezettel hallgatják. Sekélyes élvezet, de élvezet. És bármilyen vaskos a hízelgés, legalább a felét elhiszik."

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