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Jeg kan leve i to måneder på en god kompliment.
Mark Twain
Kilde
Brev til Gertrude Natkin (2. mars 1906).
Engelsk
I can live for two months on a good compliment.
Variant:
I can live on a good compliment two weeks with nothing else to eat.
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Compliments make me vain: & when I am vain, I am insolent & overbearing. It is a pity, too, because I love compliments. I love them even when they are not so. My child, I can live on a good compliment two weeks with nothing else to eat.