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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being compli

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

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I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress. РAndr̩ Gide

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Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. РAndr̩ Gide

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The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity. РAndr̩ Gide

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I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your effort to believe it. – Wilson Mizner

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A compliment is usually accompanied with a bow, as if to beg pardon for paying it. – A.W. Hare & J.C. Hare, Guesses at Truth

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

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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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Homosexuality is a sickness, just as are baby-rape or wanting to become head of General Motors. – Eldridge Cleaver, "Notes on a Native Son," Soul on Ice, 1968

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