“Men are so unwilling to displease a Prince, that it is as dangerous to inform him right, as to serve him wrong.”

— George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

Princes (their Rewards of Servants).
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Political Thoughts and Reflections

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