But when I tell him he hates flatterers, He says he does, being then most flattered.
 William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar (1623). copy citation

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Author William Shakespeare
Source Julius Caesar
Topic pride ego praise
Date 1623
Language English
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Note Written in 1599
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“Never fear that. If he be so resolved,
I can o'ersway him, for he loves to hear That unicorns may be betray'd with trees, And bears with glasses, elephants with holes, Lions with toils, and men with flatterers; But when I tell him he hates flatterers, He says he does, being then most flattered. Let me work; For I can give his humor the true bent, And I will bring him to the Capitol. CASSIUS. Nay, we will all of us be there to fetch him.
BRUTUS. By the eighth hour. Is that the utter most?
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