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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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The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation. – Lord Chesterfield

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If you can once engage peoples pride, love, pity, ambition on your side, you need not fear what their reason can do against you. – Lord Chesterfield

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

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Women are never disarmed by compliments; men always are. – Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband, 1899

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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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When you cannot get a compliment in any other way pay yourself one. – Mark Twain

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