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Quotes By, For and About Twos
People
who see the world interpersonally and define themselves through service
to others. May be selfless, loving and giving or dependent, prideful
and hostile.
“Who gives much does not give but sells.” - Baltasar Gracian
“The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer somebody else up.” - Mark Twain
“Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.” - John Curton Collins
“To please people is the greatest step toward persuading them.” - Lord Chesterfield
“They are proud in humility; proud that they are not proud.” - Robert Burton
“Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.” - Albert Camus
“People who think they’re generous to a fault usually think that’s their only fault.” - Sydney J. Harris
“Too much humility is half pride.” - Yiddish proverb
“No one is so accursed by fate,
No one so utterly desolate,
But some heart, though unknown,
Responds unto his own.” - Longfellow, “Endymion,”
"(Modesty) ... The art of encouraging people to find out for themselves how wonderful you are." - Anon
"Pride: this acceptable disease, which so sweetly sets upon us,
ravishing our senses, lulls our souls asleep, puffs up our hearts as so
many bladders." - Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy
"Never speak of yourself to others; make them talk about themselves
instead: therein lies the whole art of pleasing." - J. and E. de
Goncourt
"The art of pleasing is the art of deceiving." - Vauvenargues
"We are rarely proud when we are alone." - Voltaire
"There is nothing sweeter than to be sympathized with." - George Santayana
"The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people." - Leo Tolstoy
"No sickness worse than imagining thyself to be perfect can afflict thy soul." - Jallaludin Rumi
"Frequently a big advantage can be gained by knowing how to give in at the right moment." - Fenelon
"The burning conviction that we have a holy duty toward others is often
a way of attaching our drowning selves to a passing raft." - Eric
Hoffer
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