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To: EveningStar

Great, just great. Can no one keep their lips sealed anymore?


2 posted on 03/27/2018 9:28:33 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: miss marmelstein

Discretion is pure gold.

I remember reading about the French diplomat, Talleyrand. People who had met him were unanimous in their assessment that he was almost totally silent.

But it was somehow a thing he accomplished without making anyone uncomfortable. People who left his company realized after all that he said almost nothing...but succeeded in getting THEM to talk and in many cases ... to say more than they intended or should have.

Discretion like that is pure gold.


9 posted on 03/27/2018 9:35:13 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Nearly all men can stand adversity...to test a man's character, give him power." A. Lincoln)
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