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Never permit yourself to indulge in cheap flattery, which often times means to merely satisfy the individuals vanity and sometimes to ingratiate the flatter into the good graces of the flattered.

Harold B. Lee

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Harold B. Lee
Age: 74 †
Born: 1899
Born: March 28
Died: 1973
Died: December 26
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