Quote by William James
We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only t

We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we cant tolerate. – William James

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It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again. – William James

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Candor is the brightest gem of criticism. – Benjamin Disraeli

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A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant; one argues a decay of parts, as to other of beauty. – William Congreve

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Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally to the honest man and to the gentleman. – James Fenimore Cooper

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Frank and explicit — that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others. – Benjamin Disraeli

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