Best Quotes by Alice Duer Miller (Top 4)
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People love to talk but hate to listen. Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it means taking a vigorous, human interest in what is being told us. You can listen like a blank wall or like a splendid auditorium where every sound comes back fuller and richer.
Alice Duer Miller
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Conversation is a partnership, not a relation of master and slave, as most people try to make it.
Alice Duer Miller
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If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue.
Alice Duer Miller
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Good manners are the techniques of expressing consideration for the feelings of others.
Alice Duer Miller