"Men seldom give pleasure when they are not……" — Samuel Johnson
"Men seldom give pleasure when they are not pleased themselves."
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The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.
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Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.
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Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world.
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The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.
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