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He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves. – Lord Chesterfield

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Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others. – Lord Chesterfield

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More flies are caught with honey than with vinegar. – Proverb

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Remember that what pulls the strings is the force hidden within; there lies the power to persuade, there the life — there, if one must speak out, the real man. – Marcus Aurelius

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The tongue can paint what the eye cant see. – Chinese Proverb

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