Take the tone of the company you are in.
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The young leading the young, is like the blind leading the blind they will both fall into the ditchLord Chesterfield
To govern mankind, one must not overrate them.
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Swallow all your learning in the morning, but digest it in company in the evenings
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Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal. No one feels, who does not at the same time give it. To be pleased, one must please. What pleases you in others, will in general please them in you.
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When a man wants your advice he generally wants your praise.
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Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment.
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