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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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Style is the dress of thoughts; and let them be ever so just, if your style is homely, coarse, and vulgar, they will appear to as much disadvantage, and be as ill received, as your person, though ever so well-proportioned, would if dressed in rags, dirt, and tatters. – Lord Chesterfield

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Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health. – Lord Chesterfield

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Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs. – George Chapman

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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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Compliments

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

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Other men it is said have seen angels, but I have seen thee and thou art enough. – George Moore

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Placebo is music for outsiders, by outsiders and our gigs are like conventions of outcasts, which is cool. – Brian Molko

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I am a free man. I feel as light as a feather. – Javier Perez De Cuellar

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You see another side of Draco when hes with his dad. When Draco is with his dad, he doesnt say anything. He keeps his mouth shut. Hes sort of bullied by his dad, so he acts very different. – Tom Felton

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