god, svidrigailov was really a perv. but he made a point somewhere between the lines:
There's nothing in the world more difficult than candor, and nothing easier than flattery. If there is only a hundredth part of a false note in candor, there is immediately a dissonance, and then—scandal. But with flattery, even if everything is false down to the last little note, it is still agreeable and listened to...
— Apr 13, 2024 07:07AM
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