I wandered over to my library's little bookstore to see what was up in there. A junky little book of inspirational sayings was on display, and I rolled the dice by opening it up. There was a quote by Judith Martin, also known as Miss Manners, possibly the greatest of all newspaper feature writers from the latter half of the twentieth century.
She said:
"It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help."
So If I was looking for something to scoff at by opening that book, I was out of luck.
Miss Manners is not to be scoffed at.
And, in fact, Miss Manners is also entirely correct. Surely it is indeed way more impressive when people discover your good qualities without your help.
Not that I would know. I've never had the patience.
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