Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld

We sometimes think that we hate flattery, but we only hate the
manner in which it is done.
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We sometimes think that we hate flattery, but we only hate the
manner in which it is done.
[Fr., On croit quelquefoir hair la flatterie; maid on ne hait que
a maniere de flatter.]

Women know not the whole of their coquetry.

Women know not the whole of their coquetry.

It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold,
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It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold,
than of the office which one fills.
[Fr., Il est plus facile de paraitre digne des emplois qu'on n'a
pas que de ceux que l'on exerce.]

Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an
agreeable manner.

Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an
agreeable manner.

Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.

Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.