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Men despise one another and flatter one another; and men wish to raise themselves above one another, and crouch before one another.

Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (2016). “Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion”, p.121, Enhanced Media Publishing
Men despise one another and flatter one another; and men wish to raise themselves above one another, and crouch before one another.