One of the most effectual ways of pleasing and of making one's self loved is to be cheerful joy softens more hearts than tears do.

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Luxury is no longer displayed in buildings and external decorations. The carriages are plain, while the servants are less numerous, the fine clothes out of fashion, expensive horses are no longer kept, diamonds are at a discount, and jewellery has fallen into discredit.

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