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divinely; so he dropped the cheese and
began: whereupon the fox picked up the
cheese, and holding his sides for laughter,
ran away, saying, “Flattery, oh flattery,
thou art the key that unlocks all vain hearts !
we have only to use the right kind, and we
can enter where we please: let him, ‘there-
fore, who would cheat, or rob, or steal, use
flattery, and he will seldom fail of his
object !”

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