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Responding to Insults, Boasting, Insensitivity, Gossip, and Other Goofs Hurled at You
The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. Dorothy Nevill
The only graceful way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can't ignore it, top it; if you can't top it, laugh at it; if you can't laugh at it, it's probably deserved. Russell Lynes
There are times when silence has the loudest voice. Leroy Brownlow
Wit should be used as a shield for defense rather than as a sword to wound others. Thomas Fuller
A closed mouth gathers no feet. Kansas State Collegian
No matter how limited your vocabulary is, it's big enough to let you say something you'll later regret. no attribution
Words can make a deeper scar than silence can ever heal. no attribution
