19th C. Wisdom Promotes Grace and Poise

Have you learned that comparisons are odious, and doubly so when they involve flattering phrases?

                                      

Have You Learned?

1. Not to expect too much of humanity?
2. To create sunshine during the day, cheer at evening time?
3. To accept a gift gracefully and a compliment in the same manner?
4. To wait patiently, when that implies most acceptable service?
5. That during illness we often discover the finest traits of character?
6. That great men are human, not to be worshipped, not great in all things?
7. That comparisons are odious, and doubly so when they involve flattering phrases? – From Good Housekeeping, 1892

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