Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.
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It is an endless and frivolous Pursuit to act by any other Rule than the Care of satisfying our own Minds in what we do.Richard Steele
Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools.
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I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing with an exception.
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Inquisitive people are merely funnels of conversation. They do not take anything for their own use, but merely to pass it on to others.
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I have often lamented that we cannot close our ears with as much ease as we can close our eyes.
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