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A carpenter is known by his chips.
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The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.
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The best Maxim I know in this life is, to drink your Coffee when you can, and when you cannot, to be…
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The best Maxim I know in this life is, to drink your Coffee when you can, and when you cannot, to be…
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A fig for partridges and quails, ye dainties I know nothing of ye; But on the highest mount in Wales Would choose…
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I love white Portugal wine better than claret, champagne, or burgundy. I have a sad vulgar appetite.
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The two maxims of any great man at court are, always to keep his countenance, and never to keep his word.
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I must complain the cards are ill shuffled till I have a good hand.
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Religion seems to have grown an infant with age, and requires miracles to nurse it, as it had in its infancy.
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It is a maxim, that those, to whom everybody allows the second place, have an undoubted title to the first.
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Men of great parts are often unfortunate in the management of public business, because they are apt to go out of the…
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Who can deny that all men are violent lovers of the truth, when we see them so positive in their errors, which…
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An old philosopher said to Monsieur Coignard, a Reverend Father: 'You are a pig!' To which Abad Coignard answered: 'You flatter me,…
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A director's job is to make something happen and it doesn't happen by itself. So you wheedle, you cajole, you flatter people,…
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Madam, before you flatter a man so grossly to his face, you should consider whether or not your flattery is worth his…
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You must ingratiate yourself with those who can help you. Flatter them to their faces. Praise them to others who will carry…
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Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you…
— Jonathan Swift
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truly to enjoy bodily warmth, some small part of you must be cold, for there is no quality in this world that…
— Herman Melville
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MAN: Kick him-he'll forgive you. Flatter him-he may or may not see through you. But ignore him and he'll hate you
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You flatter me shamelessly. I like it. Good.
— Kenneth Oppel
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Madam, you flatter yourself. I do not want to marry you or anyone else. I am not a marrying man. - Rhett…
— Margaret Mitchell
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Can't you just keep your big mouth shut?" Brian said furiously to Nan. He pointed to Chrestomanci. "How do we know he's…
— Diana Wynne Jones
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