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All like to be pleased, few to be instructed; hence a severe moralist is rarely agreeable, while a man of detestable qualities may be well received.

— Richard Duppa Maxims, Reflections, &c (1830)

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In language, the ignorant have prescribed laws to the learned.

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Who talks from thought and reflection is rarely eloquent; Madame de Staël was the only exception I ever knew to that rule.

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By studying trifles two of the best things in the world are neglected, knowledge, and your own understanding.

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He who praises another, and falls short of what is expected, had better have said nothing.

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Old friends are the best advisers, but seldom the most agreeable, because they are generally regardless of pleasing at the expense of truth.

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