"We often make use of envenomed praise,..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“Jealously is always born with love but it does not die with it.”

“Vices are ingredients of virtues just as poisons are ingredients of remedies. Prudence mixes and tempers them and uses them effectively against life's ills.”

“A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.”

“I was an emotional manipulator of fighters . . . You have to know how to be cold, you know? Just have no -emotions, no feelings. It takes time, though, to develop that. I'd been working on that since I was 12 years old. It doesn't happen overnight.”

“So long as they (the Proles) continued to work and breed, their other activities were without importance. Left to themselves, like cattle turned loose upon the plains of Argentina, they had reverted to a style of life that appeared to be natural to them, a sort of ancestral pattern...Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.”

“There are lies, damned lies and statistics.”

“Wash your face every morning in a bath of praise.”

“You are the Essence of the Essence, The intoxication of Love. I long to sing Your Praises but stand mute with the agony of wishing in my heart !”

“Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by praise.”