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Flattery by Boswell

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… No matter, Sir, (said Johnson) they consider it as a compliment to be talked to, as if they were wiser than they are. So true is this, Sir, that Baxter made it a rule in every sermon that he preached, to say something that was above the capacity of his audience.

taken from: 
Boswell’s Johnson page 471. 1783
Author: 
Boswell