Resist the need to be 'right' all the time or to always have the last word.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
No one can be right all of the time, but it helps to be right most of the time.
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.
The way I usually put it is that as an SF writer, I'm never required to be right.
I've always written very tightly, and there's a good reason for that. There's no point in using words that you're not going to apply.
A good maxim allows you to have the last word without even starting a conversation.
My country right or wrong; when right, to keep her right; when wrong, to put her right.
You must always do what you feel is right.
'Right' and 'wrong' aren't words a linguist uses.
When I hear something going wrong, I insist on it being put right.