it is better to listen to the rebuke of the wise and humbly accede to it, no matter how disagreeable it may be to the mind, as the ego resists criticism and by reflex glances all negative words aside. unfairly it only accepts the songs of flattery so that no improvements are made, and all flaws and weaknesses become drowned in the celebration of fools who flock together. such is the danger of the conglomeration of the likeminded, no matter how wise.
so it is always better to set the ego aside and let all words come through, and be glorious for a moment in praise, yet similarly solemn in the presence of all comment lest one be superior, so that he who receives the word of wise may appear wise as he who gave it.
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