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Quote by Robert Burns
How wretched is the person who hangs on by the favors of the power

How wretched is the person who hangs on by the favors of the powerful. – Robert Burns

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A little flattery, like a warm bath and soft towel, will let you get along with yourself, lie down with yourself, and sleep. – Willis Goth Regier, In Praise of Flattery, 2007

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If someone were to pay you ten cents for every kind word you said about people and collect five cents for every unkind word, would you be rich or poor? – Author unknown, quoted by Jacob M. Braude

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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one lies forever in debt to those who are kind. – Proverb

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Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christs sake hath forgiven you. Ephesians – Bible

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