#latter

More people are flattered into virtue than bullied out of vice. ↗

— Robert Smith Surtees

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We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#alive #almost #cowardly #dangerous #dead

Along with the lazy man... the dying man is the immoral man: the former, a subject that does not work; the latter, an object that no longer even makes itself available to be worked on by others. ↗

— Michel De Certeau

#available #does #dying #even #former

An external electric field, meeting it and passing through it, affects the negative as much as the positive quanta of the atom, and pushes the former to one side, and the latter in the other direction. ↗

— Johannes Stark

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An Englishman, being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion. ↗

— George Chapman

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And, strangely, this one of the few things in life that the third, the latter, the buy with our eyes closed has actually done better than everybody else. ↗

— Jim Cramer

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The flattery is nice, but awards don't add up to writing quality songs. ↗

— Chantal Kreviazuk

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Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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Imitation is the sincerest flattery. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#imitation #sincerest