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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
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.
A compliment is verbal sunshine
A compliment is verbal sunshine
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, read more
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Insults should be written in sand, compliments should be carved in stone
Insults should be written in sand, compliments should be carved in stone
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
There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter read more
There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering
To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.
To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.
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.