Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company you please none, If you flatter only one or two you offend the rest.

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May you live every day of your life.

May you live every day of your life.

May you live all the days of your life.

May you live all the days of your life.

Books the children of the brain.

Books - the children of the brain.

My nose itched and I knew I should drink wine or kiss a fool.

My nose itched and I knew I should drink wine or kiss a fool.

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