"The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves."

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Source : "The Last Years of a Rebel : A Memoir of Edith Sitwell". Book by Elizabeth Salter, 1967.

Edith Sitwell

#Encouragement Quotes #Opinion Quotes #Flattery Quotes

“... there are four women in every manâ€™s heart. The Maid in the Meadow, the Demon Lover, the Stouthearted Woman, the Tall and Quiet Woman.”

Source : Annie Proulx (2008). “The Shipping News: A Novel”, p.171, Simon and Schuster
“Rest and peace should not be left until you're deceased. They are two vital life incredients everybody needs and seeks.”
“I never overestimate the audience, nor do I underestimate them. I just have a very rational idea as to who weâ€™re dealing with, and that weâ€™re not making a picture for Harvard Law School, weâ€™re making a picture for middle-class people, the people that you see on the subway, or the people that you see in a restaurant. Just normal people.”
“Why do women get paid less money? It doesn't make any sense.”
“The three C's of leadership are Consideration,Caring,and Courtesy.Be polite to everyone.”
“Melancholy is not one of my emotions. Quite seriously, I don't do melancholy. It's a miserable way to be.”

Source : "Learning How to Exert Self-Control" by Pamela Druckerman, www.nytimes.com. September 12, 2014.
“Demons frighten us because we set ourselves up to be frightened. We are overly attached to our reputations and possessions. When we love and desire what we should be rejecting, we are in conflict with our true selves. That's when the negative energies catch us and use our weapons against us. Instead of taking up what we have to defend ourselves, we put our swords in the hands of our enemies and make them attack us.”
“We human beings are definitely capable of loving more than one person, but it seems to go more smoothly if we don't love more than one person at a time.”

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