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Careless of censure, nor too fond of fame, Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame, Averse alike to flatter or…
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Atheists put on false courage and alacrity in the midst of their darkness and apprehensions, like children who, when they fear to…
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At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense.
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Is there a parson much bemused in beer, a maudlin poetess, a rhyming peer, a clerk foredoom'd his father's soul to cross,…
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A brave man thinks no one his superior who does him an injury, for he has it then in his power to…
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Virtuous and vicious every man must be, few in the extreme, but all in the degree.
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Wit in conversation is only a readiness of thought and a facility of expression, or a quick conception and an easy delivery.
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Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet to run amok and tilt at all I meet.
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There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between…
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He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite,…
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We must be careful how we flatter fools too little, or wise men too much, for the flatterer must act the very…
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We seek our happiness outside ourselves, and in the opinion of men we know to be flatterers, insincere, unjust, full of envy,…
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Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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But, perhaps, the flatterer is not often detected; for an honest mind is not apt to suspect, and no one exerts the…
— Samuel Johnson
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The flatterer does not think highly enough of himself or of others.
— Jean de la Bruyere
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It is hard to resist a flatterer who gets it right.
— Robert Breault
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