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- Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
- Alan Watts
- Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue.
- John Dryden (1631 - 1700)
- To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don't succeed, at least pretend to.
- Moliere (1622 - 1673)
- An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
- Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)
- Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
- George S. Patton (1885 - 1945)
- Train up a fig tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it.
- Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)
- Respect a man, he will do the more.
- James Howell
- Don't reserve your best behavior for special occasions. You can't have two sets of manners, two social codes - one for those you admire and want to impress, another for those whom you consider unimportant. You must be the same to all people.
- Lillian Eichler Watson
- Do not smoke without asking permission or sit so near (as in a train) that the smoke might annoy.
- Amy Vanderbilt (1908 - 1974)
- Do not speak of repulsive matters at table.
- Amy Vanderbilt (1908 - 1974)
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