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The art of pleasing is more based on the art of seeming pleased than people think of, and she disarmed the prejudices of her enemies by the unaffected delight she appeared to take in themselves.
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There is nothing that you may not get people to believe in if you will only tell it them loud enough and often enough, till the welkin rings with it.
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Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others.
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It is quite easy for stupid people to be happy; they believe in fables, and they trot on in a beaten track like a horse on a tramway.
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There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual.
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January 1, 1839
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January 25, 1908
(aged 69)
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