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Petty ambition would seem to be a mean craving after distinction.Teofrasto · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 165
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Grossness is not difficult to define: it is obtrusive and objectionable pleasantry.Teofrasto · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 303
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Flattery may be considered as a mode of companionship, degrading but profitable to him who flatters.Teofrasto · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 528
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