"Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation.
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“Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.”
“The violence we do to ourselves in order to remain faithful to the one we love is hardly better than an act of infidelity.”
“The intention of cheating no one lays us open to being cheated ourselves.”
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“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.”
“Take no repulse, whatever she doth say; For 'get you gone,' she doth not mean 'away.' Flatter and praise, commend, extol their graces; Though ne'er so black, say they have angels' faces”
“Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.”
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“Women play with their beauty as children do with their knives. They wound themselves with it.”
“Too much to know is to know naught but fame.”
“Vanity is a desire of personal glory, the wish to be appreciated, honoured, and run after, not because of one's personal qualities, merits, and achievements, but because of one's individual existence. At best, therefore, it is a frivolous beauty whim it befits.”