Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyerand its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the latter often called "The Great American Novel"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth30 November 1835
CountryUnited States of America
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When you cannot get a compliment in any other way pay yourself one.
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The plan of the newspaper is good and wise; when you can't get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one
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There is nothing you can say in answer to a compliment. I have been complimented myself a great many times, and they always embarrass me --I always feel that they have not said enough.
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I think a compliment ought to always precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and insures for the complaint a courteous and gentle reception.
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Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave; it is merely a loose application of the word. Consider the flea! -- incomparably the bravest of all the creatures of God, if ignorance of fear were courage.
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Except a creature be part coward, it is not a compliment to say he is brave; it is merely a loose misapplication of the word
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One compliment can keep me going for a whole month.
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To say a compliment well is a high art and few possess it.
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An author values a compliment even when it comes from a source of doubtful competency.
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If you can't get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one.
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I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.
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An occasional compliment is necessary to keep up one's self-respect.
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Do not offer a compliment and ask a favor at the same time. A compliment that is charged for is not valuable.
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A dozen direct censures are easier to bear than one morganatic compliment.