Flattery is praise insincerely given for an interested purpose.
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Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
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The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.
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Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made, and forgot to put a soul into.
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Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry.
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