Never speak of yourself to others; make them talk about themselves instead; therein lies the whole art of pleasing. Everybody knows it, and everyone forgets it.

Never speak of yourself to others; make them talk about themselves instead; therein lies the whole art of pleasing. Everybody knows it, and everyone forgets it.
Edmond De Goncourt

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There have been many definitions of beauty in art. What is it? Beauty is what the untrained eyes consider abominable.
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The facts: nothing matters but the facts: worship of the facts leads to everything, to happiness first of all and then to wealth.
- Edmond De Goncourt

Never speak of yourself to others; make them talk about themselves instead; therein lies the whole art of pleasing. Everybody knows it, and everyone forgets it. Edmond De Goncourt

Never speak of yourself to others; make them talk about themselves instead; therein lies the whole art of pleasing. Everybody knows it, and everyone forgets it.
Edmond De Goncourt