Fruits of Leisure: Essays Written in the Intervals of Business
Fruits of Leisure: Essays Written in the Intervals of Business
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When they find that courteous expressions mean nothing, they think that a wilful deception has been practised upon them. And, in general, you should consider that people will naturally put the largest construction upon every ambiguous expression, and every term of courtesy which can be made to ex- press any thing at all in their favor.
It will often be necessary to see applicants ; and in this case you must bear in mind that you have not Digitized by LjOOQIC dbn \^t treatment o! If jilifunts.
T...he maxim, " Pars beneficii est, quod petitur si bene neges,"* is misinterpreted by many people.
They construe ** bene" kindly, which is right ; but they are inclined to fancy that this kindness con- sists in courtesy, rather than in explicitness and truth.
You should be very loth to encourage expecta- tions in a suitor which you have not then the power of fulfilling, or of putting in a course of fulfilment ; for Hope, an architect above rules, can build, in reverse, a pyramid upon a point. From a very little origin there often arises a wildness of expecta- tion which quite astounds you.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
When they find that courteous expressions mean nothing, they think that a wilful deception has been practised upon them. And, in general, you should consider that people will naturally put the largest construction upon every ambiguous expression, and every term of courtesy which can be made to ex- press any thing at all in their favor.
It will often be necessary to see applicants ; and in this case you must bear in mind that you have not Digitized by LjOOQIC dbn \^t treatment o! If jilifunts.
T...he maxim, " Pars beneficii est, quod petitur si bene neges,"* is misinterpreted by many people.
They construe ** bene" kindly, which is right ; but they are inclined to fancy that this kindness con- sists in courtesy, rather than in explicitness and truth.
You should be very loth to encourage expecta- tions in a suitor which you have not then the power of fulfilling, or of putting in a course of fulfilment ; for Hope, an architect above rules, can build, in reverse, a pyramid upon a point. From a very little origin there often arises a wildness of expecta- tion which quite astounds you.
What to read after Fruits of Leisure: Essays Written in the Intervals of Business?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Arthur Helps to read onlineMoreLess
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