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The Reason Why So Few People Are Agreeable In Conversation Is That Each Is Thinking More About What He Intends To Say Than Others Are Saying.

Silence Is The Safest Course For Any Man To Adopt Who Distrust Himself.

Familiarity Is A Suspension Of Almost All The Laws Of Civility, Which Libertinism Has Introduced Into Society Under The Notion Of Ease.

We Do Not Like To Praise, And Seldom Praise Anyone Without Self-interest.

If We Never Flattered Ourselves We Should Have But Scant Pleasure.