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Generally those who boast most of contentment have least of it. Their very boasting shows that they want something, and barely beg it, namely, commendation.
We resent all criticism which denies us anything that lies in our line of advance.
Ridicule often checks what is absurd, and fully as often smothers that which is noble.
The value of an ideal has nothing whatever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it.
Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.
He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
If a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.
It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you.
A flatterer is a man that tells you your opinion and not his own.
You must not pay a person a compliment, and then straightway follow it with a criticism.
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