"Flattery is false coin that is only current……" — François De La Rochefoucauld

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• We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to… — Dave Barry
• All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want… — John Adams
• The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The slogans of an inadequate criticism… — Walter Benjamin
• I was actually the manager of the games department of an amusement park when I was at college, so I… — Nolan Bushnell
• Time is the coin of life. Only you can determine how it will be spent. — Carl Sandburg
• Now, blessings light on him that first invented sleep!Ê It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a… — Miguel de Cervantes
• Advice, the smallest current coin. — Ambrose Bierce
• Flattery is a base coin which is current only through our vanity. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
• 'Refudiate,' 'misunderestimate,' 'wee-wee'd up.' English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it!' — Sarah Palin
• Death's stamp gives value to the coin of life; making it possible to buy with life what is truly precious. — Rabindranath Tagore
• Time is the coin of our live. We must take care how we spend it. — Carl Sandburg
• Punishments and rewards are two sides of the same coin and that coin doesn't buy you much. — Alfie Kohn

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