I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing with an exception.
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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.Richard Steele
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Will. Honeycomb calls these over-offended ladies the outrageously virtuous.
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I cannot think of any character below the flatterer, except he who envies him.
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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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Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.
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