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Praise no man too liberally before his face; nor censure him too lavishly behind his back. The one savours of Flattery; the other, of Malice,
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Praise no man too liberally before his face; nor censure him too lavishly behind his back. The one savours of Flattery; the other, of Malice,
and both are Reprehensible: The true way to advance ano∣ther's Virtue, is to follow it; and the best means to cry down another's Vice, is to decline it.