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Samuel Richardson

Women are so much in love with compliments that rather than want them, they will compliment one another, yet mean no more by it than the men do.

Samuel Richardson

Women

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Samuel Richardson suggests that women enjoy receiving praise so much that they often give compliments to each other, even if those compliments are not sincere. He implies that these exchanges are more about the habit of complimenting than genuine admiration, similar to how men use compliments without deep meaning.

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