《淮南子·主术训》
考察他们之所以尊贵、显达的原由，实在是没有什么其他的原因，只是由于君主没有很好地明察他们的真实本领而一味相信众人的溢美之辞而已。
察其所尊显，无他故焉，人主不明分数利害之地，而贤众口之辩也。
Examining the reason why they are respected and prominent, there is really no other reason than that the monarch did not clearly observe their true abilities but blindly believed the flattery of the crowd.