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To be loved, we should merit but little esteem; all superiority attracts awe and aversion.

Claude Adrien HelvĂ©tius (1777). “A Treatise on Man, His Intellectual Faculties and His Education: A Posthumous Work of M. Helvetius. Translated from the French, with Additional Notes, by W. Hooper, ...”, p.366
To be loved, we should merit but little esteem; all superiority attracts awe and aversion.