He wil sooner lose his best friend, then his least jest.

Ben Jonson
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  2. Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company. Francois de La Rochefoucauld - Gabriela Popa

  3. Oh wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion. - James Drummond Burns

  4. We all know you're beautiful, Scott. - Becca Fitzpatrick

  5. I was sorry for her; I was amazed, disgusted at her heartless vanity; I wondered why so much beauty should be given to those who made so bad a use of it, and denied to some who would make it a benefit to both themselves... - Anonymous

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  1. He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.

  2. Words borrowed of antiquity do lend a kind of majesty to style, and are not without their delight sometimes.

  3. The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.

  4. Queen and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess excellently bright. Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose, Cynthia's shining orb was made...

  5. Language most shews a man: Speak, that I may see thee.

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