“Persons who discover a flatterer, do not always disapprove him, because he imagines them considerable enough to deserve his applications.” PersonsEnoughImagineDeserveApplicationFlatteryFlatterer Book:Essays on Men and Manners Source: Essays on Men and Manners
“Never lie to a child about doctors or medicine or anything else; but if you feel, as some people seem to feel, that life without lying is an impossibility, at least don't lie about the amount of pain likely to result from a surgical procedure, or about the taste of some medicine. If you know that something to be done will hurt, say so; if a mixture to be swallowed is unpleasant, say so. If you deceive a child once in such matters, do not imagine that it will trust you again. You do not deserve trust, and you will not get it.” PeopleIfsKnowsFeelsChildrenMatterDoneSeemsPainLyingHurtResultsImagineAmountTasteDeserveDoctorsMedicineImagine ThatDeceivingImpossibilityMixturesProceduresYou AgainNever LieDon't Lie Book:The House and Home: A Practical Book Source: The House and Home: A Practical Book
“Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage.” BelieveEnoughMarriageImagineFieldsActivityDeserveFoolishImagine ThatCongratulationsAnniversaryGreat Success Author:Sydney J. Harris
“If you are an [American] politician it's very hard to imagine. "Now we are going to treat these guys as our equals? That's ridiculous. What have they ever done to deserve that?"” IfsHardDoneGuyImaginePoliticianDeserveTreatsRidiculous Author:Hooman Majd