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Bait. "Every man has his price"4-- that is not true. But every one has a bait into which he must bite. Thus, to win certain people to a matter, one need only paint it as human, noble, charitable, self-sacrificing--and what matter could not be painted thus? It is the sweet candy of their souls: others have another.

4. Attributed to Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)

Friedrich Nietzsche - Human, All Too Human
Section Six: Man in Society - Aphorism # 359

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