"Never permit yourself to indulge in cheap flattery, which often times means to merely satisfy the individuals vanity and sometimes to ingratiate the flatter into the good graces of the flattered."

-- Harold B. Lee

#Kindness Quotes #Mean Quotes #Vanity Quotes

“The crime of a mother is a heavy burden.”
“But tonight, the lion of contentment has placed a warm heavy paw on my chest.”

Source : Billy Collins (2011). “Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems”, p.49, Random House
“I think anything thats creative really takes my mind off whatever it is that Im going through in my life. If youre going through heartbreak, and you can write a song, its a wonderful win-win, because it takes your mind off the heartbreak, and you get to vent.”
“It is easier to avoid the effects of others' negativity when we question if an action or attitude is appropriately directed at us. If it isn't, we can choose to sidestep it and let it pass.”
“The man that loves and laughs must sure do well.”
“Chuckling to herself, Nancy said aloud, "Romance and detective work won't mix tonight!”

Source : Carolyn Keene (1930). “Nancy Drew 03: The Bungalow Mystery”, p.61, Penguin
“Many French directors, having now realised there was no more real criticism, that the standards of the past have gone, are very offended about the quality of film criticism.”
“[For] men to whom nothing seems great but reason ... nature ... is a cosmos, so admirable, that to penetrate to its ways seems to them the only thing that makes life worth living. These are the men whom we see possessed by a passion to learn ... Those are the natural scientific men; and they are the only men that have any real success in scientific research.”

Source : Paul Bowles (1955). “The Spider's House”

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