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Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. - Lord Ch

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. – Lord Chesterfield

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Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable. – Lord Chesterfield

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Like pollen on a honeybee, flattery clings to the things you tell yourself. – Willis Goth Regier, In Praise of Flattery, 2007

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It is great to get praise from the lips of taciturnity. – John Addington Symonds

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There is no effect more disproportionate to its cause than the happiness bestowed by a small compliment. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented. РAndr̩ Gide

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