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They who delight to be flattered, pay for their folly by a late
repentance.
[Lat., Qu se laudari read more
They who delight to be flattered, pay for their folly by a late
repentance.
[Lat., Qu se laudari gaudent verbis subdolis,
Sera dant peonas turpes poenitentia.]
A fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, honest dialogue.
A fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, honest dialogue.
From many to make one.
[Lat., Ex pluribus unum facere.]
From many to make one.
[Lat., Ex pluribus unum facere.]
To be a man's own fool is bad enough; but the vain man is everybody's.
To be a man's own fool is bad enough; but the vain man is everybody's.
Music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm read more
Music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music.
Always let your flattery be seen through for what really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
Always let your flattery be seen through for what really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.
The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this
endeavor will light our country and all who read more
The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this
endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the
glow from that fire can truly light the world.
Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself
Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself
Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
