There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
—Josh Billings, 1873
***
Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.
—Howard W. Newton
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In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
—Martin Luther King Jr., 1957
Never explain—your friends do not need it, and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
—Elbert Hubbard, 1907
Thank Lord, my dear, that we have enemies,
This means that probably we have friends as well.
—Yuri Vizbor, 1973
7
Defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies.
—Jean Hérault Gourville, 1724
To find a friend one must close one eye. To keep him—two.
—Norman Douglas, 1941
***
I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that!
—Tom Lehrer, 1965
There are some people who can receive a truth by no other way than to have their
understanding shocked and insulted.
—Carl Sandburg, 1904
Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.
—Sam Brown, 1997
Resentment […] is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.
—Carrie Fisher, 2004
Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from the inside.
—Mitch Albom, 2003
6
As quoted, without a date, in several reliable collections, starting not later than 1946; sometimes
misattributed to Sir Isaac Newton.
7
This is a prosaic translation of a verse from a popular Russian song..
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—Josh Billings, 1873
***
Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.
—Howard W. Newton
6
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
—Martin Luther King Jr., 1957
Never explain—your friends do not need it, and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
—Elbert Hubbard, 1907
Thank Lord, my dear, that we have enemies,
This means that probably we have friends as well.
—Yuri Vizbor, 1973
7
Defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies.
—Jean Hérault Gourville, 1724
To find a friend one must close one eye. To keep him—two.
—Norman Douglas, 1941
***
I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that!
—Tom Lehrer, 1965
There are some people who can receive a truth by no other way than to have their
understanding shocked and insulted.
—Carl Sandburg, 1904
Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.
—Sam Brown, 1997
Resentment […] is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.
—Carrie Fisher, 2004
Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from the inside.
—Mitch Albom, 2003
6
As quoted, without a date, in several reliable collections, starting not later than 1946; sometimes
misattributed to Sir Isaac Newton.
7
This is a prosaic translation of a verse from a popular Russian song..
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