candor.
“ There is nothing in the world
more difficult than c a n d o r
and nothing easier than flattery
If there is a hundredth of a fraction
of a false note to candor
it immediately produces d i s s o n a n c e
and as a result
e x p o s u r e
But in f l a t t e r y
even if everything is false down to the last note
it is still pleasant
and people will listen not without pleasure
with coarse pleasure perhaps
but p l e a s u r e nevertheless. ”
