"Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them."

Marquis De Vauvenargues, French Philosopher

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William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"Though bachelors be the strongest stakes, married men are the best binders, in the hedge of the commonwealth."

"The men who followed Him were unique in their generation. They turned the world upside down because their hearts had been turned right side up. The world has never been the same."

"A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth."

"The doctrine that all men are, in any sense, or have been, at any time, free and equal, is an utterly baseless fiction."

"There have been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them."

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