#latter

Words really flattering are not those which we prepare but those which escape us unthinkingly. ↗

— Ninon de L'Enclos

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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

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The love of one's own sex is precious, for it is neither provoked by vanity nor retained by flattery; it is genuine and sincere. ↗

— Maria Mitchell

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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

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The unflattering reviews are painful for short periods of time; the badly written ones are deeply, deeply insulting. That reviewer took no time to really read the book. ↗

— Toni Morrison

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When the characters are really alive before their author, the latter does nothing but follow them in their action, in their words, in the situations which they suggest to him. ↗

— Luigi Pirandello

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The only difference between your local college and a Christian seminary is that the latter is more honest. ↗

— Dennis Prager

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Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor. ↗

— Francis Quarles

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I am flattered to have been the woman to have opened the door for female rockers to be accepted into the mainly male industry. ↗

— Suzi Quatro

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The difference in the education of men and women must give the former great advantages over the latter, even where geniuses are equal. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

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