“Never intrude where you are not wanted. There is plenty of room elsewhere.” — Sir John Lubbock, “Tact,” The Use of Life
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“There is nothing ridiculous in seeming to be what you really are, but a good deal in affecting to be what you are not.” — Sir John Lubbock, “Tact,” The Use of Life
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“Let other people talk about themselves, as much as they will. If they do so it is because they like it, and they will think all the better of you for listening to them.” — Sir John Lubbock, “Tact,” The Use of Life
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“You are more likely to carry men with you by enlisting their feelings, than by convincing their reason. This applies, moreover, to companies of men even more than to individuals.” — Sir John Lubbock, “Tact,” The Use of Life
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“We flatter ourselves by claiming to be rational and intellectual beings, but it would be a great mistake to suppose that men are always guided by reason. We are strange inconsistent creatures, and we act quite as often, perhaps oftener, from prejudice or passion.” — Sir John Lubbock, “Tact,” The Use of Life
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“It is far more easy to read books than men.” — Sir John Lubbock, “Tact,” The Use of Life
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