This gives a great field for the flatterer in friendship, who finds a wonderful base of operations in our self-love, which makes each person his own first and greatest flatterer.

Plutarch

Moralia

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Topic

Flattery

Author

Plutarch

Source

Moralia

Medium

Essay

Language

Greek

Time

100 100s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Historian Philosopher Writer

From

Greece Europe

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Original Citation

Plutarch. "Πῶς ἄν τις διακρίνοιε τὸν κόλακα τοῦ φίλου [How to Tell a Flatterer from a Friend]." Ἠθικά Ethika [Moralia]. c. 100 AD.

Current Citation

Plutarch. "How to Distinguish a Flatterer from a Friend." Essays. Penguin Classics, 1993.

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Source
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Medium
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Current Citation

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And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.” Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

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Jesus
Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

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