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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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I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive. – Lord Chesterfield

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

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To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them. – Thomas Aquinas

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