"Never, when advancing an opinion, assert positively that a thing ‘is so,’ but give your..."

By: vivian on quarta-feira, dezembro 14, 2016

“Never, when advancing an opinion, assert positively that a thing ‘is so,’ but give your opinion as an opinion. Say, 'I think this is so,’ or, 'these are my views,’ but remember that your companion may be better informed upon the subject under discussion, or, where it is a mere matter of taste or feeling, do not expect that all the world will feel exactly as you do.”

- From Florence Hartley’s “The Ladies’ Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness”, 1860

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