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Convert a self-flattering remark into a mixture of both humility-based and complaint-based.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
The notion that history is a story of progress is another self-flattering illusion.
—Helena Rosenblatt, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
The notion that history is a story of progress is another self-flattering illusion.
—Helena Rosenblatt, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
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“Self-flattering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-flattering. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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