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Most men however, because they love honor, seem to be more desirous of receiving than of
bestowing affection. Hence most men like flattery, for a flatterer is a friend who is your
inferior,1 or pretends to be so, and to love you more than you love him; but to
be loved is felt to be nearly the same as to be honored, which most people covet.
1 i.e., the party to the friendship who gets more than he gives, and redresses the balance by repaying more affection or esteem than he receives.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 19, translated by H. Rackham. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1934.
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