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    There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering

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Its not its what your country can do for you what you could do for your country.

Its not its what your country can do for you what you could do for your country.

by Felics Sadge Found in: Compliments Quotes,
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Never compare what other do best but do compare what you do best.

Never compare what other do best but do compare what you do best.

by Zeeshan Shahzada Found in: Compliments Quotes,
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For all their compliments do verses pay? They mayn't, yet these same poems make me gay

For all their compliments do verses pay? They mayn't, yet these same poems make me gay

by Marcus Aurelius Found in: Compliments Quotes,
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To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

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I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is pleasing a woman enormously when read more

I don't like compliments, and I don't see why a man should think he is pleasing a woman enormously when he says to her a whole heap of things that he doesn't mean

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Compliments Quotes,
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Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

by Bible Found in: Compliments Quotes,
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I think a compliment ought always to precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and insures read more

I think a compliment ought always to precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and insures for the complaint a courteous and gentle reception

by Mark Twain Found in: Compliments Quotes,
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Insults should be written in sand, compliments should be carved in stone

Insults should be written in sand, compliments should be carved in stone

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To dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment

To dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment

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