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Nothing is more silly than the...

Nothing is more silly than the pleasure some people take in 'speaking their minds.' A man of this make will say a rude thing for the mere pleasure of saying it, when an opposite behavior, full as innocent, might have preserved his friend, or made his fortune.

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Among all the diseases of the ...

Among all the diseases of the mind there is not one more epidemical or more pernicious than the love of flattery.

Richard Steele 77 quotes

I look upon it as a Point of M...

I look upon it as a Point of Morality, to be obliged by those who endeavour to oblige me

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There is no Pleasure like that...

There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy

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Whenever you commend, add your...

Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools.

Richard Steele 77 quotes

Nothing can atone for the lack...

Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.

Richard Steele 77 quotes

Simplicity of all things is th...

Simplicity of all things is the hardest to be copy.

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A woman seldom writes her mind...

A woman seldom writes her mind but in her postscript

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Pleasure, when it is a man's c...

Pleasure, when it is a man's chief purpose, disappoints itself; and the constant application to it palls the faculty of enjoying it.

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A favor well bestowed is almos...

A favor well bestowed is almost as great an honor to him who confers it as to him who receives it.

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He that has sense knows that l...

He that has sense knows that learning is not knowledge, but rather the art of using it.

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Though very troublesome to oth...

Though very troublesome to others, anger is most so to him that has it.

Richard Steele 77 quotes

It is a secret known but to fe...

It is a secret known but to few, yet of no small use in the conduct of life, that when you fall into a man's conversation, the first thing you should consider is, whether he has a greater inclination to hear you, or that you should hear him.

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It is an impertinent and unrea...

It is an impertinent and unreasonable fault in conversation for one man to take up all the discourse.

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The world is grown so full of ...

The world is grown so full of dissimulation and compliment, that men's words are hardly any signification of their thoughts.

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Since we cannot promise our se...

Since we cannot promise our selves constant health, let us endeavour at such temper as may be our best support in the decay of it.

Richard Steele 77 quotes

Conversation never sits easier...

Conversation never sits easier upon us than when we now and then discharge ourselves in a symphony of laughter, which may not improperly be called the chorus of conversation.

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A lie is troublesome, and sets...

A lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.

Richard Steele 77 quotes

When a man is not disposed to ...

When a man is not disposed to hear music, there is not a more disagreeable sound in harmony than that of the violin.

Richard Steele 77 quotes

Violins are the lively, forwar...

Violins are the lively, forward, importunate wits, that distinguish themselves by the flourishes of imagination, sharpness of repartee, glances of satire, and bear away the upper part in every consort.

Richard Steele 77 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....