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    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

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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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Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke

Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke

by William Feather 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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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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To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

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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.

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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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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.

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A compliment is verbal sunshine

A compliment is verbal sunshine

by Robert Orben Found in: Compliments Quotes,
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