"Gossip involves saying behind a personâ€™s back what you would never say to his or her face. Â Flattery means saying to a personâ€™s face what you would never say behind his or her back."

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R. Kent Hughes

#Mean Quotes #Gossip Quotes #Faces Quotes

“I find that complete trust and subsequent courage galvanizing and inspiring.”
“We live and die; Christ died and lived!”
“Wall Street's favorite scam is pretending that luck is skill.”
“A lot of people dont understand how cargo coming into our ports matters, not just to Southern California but to every single congressional district. I want to educate on that issue.”
“I always thought that there was going to be life after baseball, and so I designed that in my life I would have other interests after baseball that I would be able to step into. And I didn't realize the grip that baseball had on me and on my family.”
“What is a normal child like? Does he just eat and grow and smile sweetly? No, that is not what he is like. The normal child, if he has confidence in mother and father, pulls out all the stops. In the course of time, he tries out his power to disrupt, to destroy, to frighten, to wear down, to waste, to wangle, and to appropriate . . . At the start he absolutely needs to live in a circle of love and strength (with consequent tolerance) if he is not to be too fearful of his own thoughts and of his imaginings to make progress in his emotional development.”
“Two religions cannot both be right, because they contradict each other, yet they can both be wrong.”
“Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.”

Source : Abraham Cahan (2013). “The Rise of David Levinsky”, p.34, Courier Corporation

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