Quote #475

[He] smiled at once, his most winning and charming smile, and it worked as it always worked, suggesting as it did a sort of self-effacing humility, a believable protests of innocence, and a promise of friendship - whatever good thing the other person wish to read into it

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  1. False modesty is still false, no matter how charming it might seem
  2. [He] always wondered at that smile even as it triumphed over his own anger or envy. Where could such a power over others come from?
  3. I know how it feels to have driven all compassion out of my heart and laugh at the pain of someone else
  4. How does he do that?
  5. Law can change how people behave when others are watching - that's all
  6. I think that many things can come into someone's mind out of hysteria
  7. There are many things that men and women do not say, because to say them would only bring unhappiness
  8. I want you to discover the truth for yourself. I don't ram it down your throats like some do

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