#latter

Imitation is the sincerest flattery. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#imitation #sincerest

The problem of distinguishing prime numbers from composite numbers and of resolving the latter into their prime factors is known to be one of the most important and useful in arithmetic. ↗

— Carl Friedrich Gauss

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He who says he hates every kind of flattery, and says it in earnest, certainly does not yet know every kind of flattery. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#does #earnest #every #flattery #hates

People see my impressions as a great skill and I am flattered, but there are things I can't do that everyone else can. I can do funny voices and funny faces but I can't drive. ↗

— Matt Lucas

#drive #else #everyone #faces #flattered

Living in Hollywood, it's easy to have someone flatter you. That doesn't help me. ↗

— Marilyn Manson

#flatter #help #hollywood #living #me

It is common to distinguish necessaries, comforts, and luxuries; the first class including all things required to meet wants which must be satisfied, while the latter consist of things that meet wants of a less urgent character. ↗

— Alfred Marshall

#character #class #comforts #common #consist

The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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A little flattery will support a man through great fatigue. ↗

— James Monroe

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The majority see the obstacles; the few see the objectives; history records the successes of the latter, while oblivion is the reward of the former. ↗

— Alfred A. Montapert

#former #history #latter #majority #objectives

I always find it flattering when somebody recognizes me. ↗

— Rick Moranis

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