It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It takes a great man to be a good listener.
He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give it.
When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him.
Generally speaking, when a woman offers unsolicited advice or tries to help a man, she has no idea of how critical and unloving he may sound to him.
Great men always pay deference to greater.
In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.
Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.
It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions.
I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
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