A quotation from Ben Franklin

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1740 ed.)

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https://www.theverge.com/news/658829/elizabeth-warren-jeff-bezos-amazon-trump-tariffs

Elizabeth Warren asks Jeff Bezos if he got any favors for his ‘subservience’ to Trump

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One behavior of flatterers Plutarch discusses in How To Tell A Flatterer From A Friend looks similar to what abusers more generally do - isolating their target from their actual friends. Here's a video discussing that

https://youtu.be/mhykS53ld2c
#Video #Plutarch #Flatterer #Abuser #Friendship #Relationships #Philosophy #Ethics

#letsroll

⚄ ⚃ ⚀ ⚃ ⚁→#shingle
⚄ ⚄ ⚀ ⚂ ⚅→#sly
⚂ ⚀ ⚀ ⚄ ⚅→#flatterer
⚃ ⚅ ⚄ ⚂ ⚄→#recant
⚃ ⚃ ⚃ ⚄ ⚂→#playroom
⚂ ⚅ ⚁ ⚃ ⚃→#list

shingle-sly-flatterer-recant-playroom-list

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#letsroll

⚀ ⚀ ⚁ ⚃ ⚄→#afar
⚀ ⚁ ⚂ ⚀ ⚃→#arguably
⚃ ⚃ ⚁ ⚃ ⚂→#perch
⚅ ⚃ ⚀ ⚁ ⚁→#unhearing
⚄ ⚀ ⚂ ⚂ ⚀→#remold
⚂ ⚀ ⚀ ⚄ ⚅→#flatterer

afar-arguably-perch-unhearing-remold-flatterer

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#letsroll

⚅ ⚁ ⚀ ⚀ ⚄→#tattling
⚅ ⚁ ⚂ ⚄ ⚅→#tiny
⚃ ⚀ ⚂ ⚂ ⚁→#moonlit
⚂ ⚀ ⚀ ⚄ ⚅→#flatterer
⚀ ⚅ ⚀ ⚁ ⚅→#cleat
⚄ ⚄ ⚄ ⚃ ⚀→#spooky

tattling-tiny-moonlit-flatterer-cleat-spooky

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#letsroll

⚂ ⚀ ⚀ ⚄ ⚅→#flatterer
⚅ ⚄ ⚄ ⚀ ⚃→#verbose
⚂ ⚁ ⚁ ⚅ ⚃→#glade
⚃ ⚂ ⚃ ⚂ ⚁→#palatable
⚁ ⚃ ⚃ ⚂ ⚀→#dynasty
⚄ ⚅ ⚃ ⚃ ⚅→#storage

flatterer-verbose-glade-palatable-dynasty-storage

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#letsroll

⚄ ⚁ ⚄ ⚃ ⚃→#safehouse
⚅ ⚄ ⚅ ⚅ ⚅→#void
⚂ ⚀ ⚀ ⚄ ⚅→#flatterer
⚅ ⚂ ⚅ ⚃ ⚂→#unfixed
⚀ ⚁ ⚂ ⚄ ⚄→#arrogance
⚂ ⚄ ⚂ ⚅ ⚁→#kilt

safehouse-void-flatterer-unfixed-arrogance-kilt

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#letsroll

⚂ ⚅ ⚄ ⚁ ⚂→#manatee
⚄ ⚅ ⚁ ⚄ ⚃→#steadier
⚅ ⚄ ⚀ ⚃ ⚄→#unwind
⚅ ⚅ ⚂ ⚃ ⚄→#willpower
⚃ ⚂ ⚅ ⚀ ⚁→#partake
⚂ ⚀ ⚀ ⚄ ⚅→#flatterer

willpower-unwind-manatee-partake-steadier-flatterer

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