He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves.
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The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and the man of sense laughs at it, at the same time he knows he must not neglect it.
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In the case of scandal as in that of robbery, the receiver is always thought as bad as the thief
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Do as you would be done by is the surest method of pleasing
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You must embrace the man you hate, if you cannot be justified in knocking him down
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