"One of the keys to our present definition of good taste is that it is better to be kind than to be 'correct.' There is no situation in which it is smart to be nasty."

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Source : Millicent Fenwick (1948). “Vogue's book of etiquette: a complete guide to traditional forms and modern usage”

Millicent Fenwick

#Smart Quotes #Keys Quotes #Definitions Quotes

“Facts mean nothing unless they are rightly understood, rightly related and rightly interpreted.”
“If you deprive yourself of outsourcing and your competitors do not, you're putting yourself out of business.”
“Thirty years ago, interracial marriage was considered to be wrong by the laws of God. Now your society finds it common. The spiritual objections around it were either dropped or "rewritten" by those divinely inspired and authorized to do so. Therefore, your actual interpretations of the instructions from God changed with your society's tolerance level - an interesting thing, indeed, how the interpretations of God seem to change regularly to match a changing culture!”

Source : Source: www.edgemagazine.net
“Seeds of discouragement cannot take root in a grateful heart.”
“Smartness runs in my family. When I went to school I was so smart my teacher was in my class for five years.”
“When in doubt, wear red.”
“When we think we know we cease to learn.”

Source : Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1952). “Radhakrishnan: An Anthology”
“I was strong and healthy and I was enjoying what I was doing.”

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