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People have a peculiar pleasure in making converts, that is, in ca

People have a peculiar pleasure in making converts, that is, in causing others to enjoy what they enjoy, thus finding their own likeness represented and reflected back to them. – Johann von Goethe

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If you cant get people to listen to you any other way, tell them its confidential. – Proverb

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Remember that what pulls the strings is the force hidden within; there lies the power to persuade, there the life — there, if one must speak out, the real man. – Marcus Aurelius

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Oral delivery aims at persuasion and making the listener believe they are converted. Few persons are capable of being convinced; the majority allow themselves to be persuaded. – Johann von Goethe

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If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself. – Lord Chesterfield

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