Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1884 — Politeness and Candor. [ARTICLE]

Politeness and Candor.

“How do you like our mutual friend, Snooks?” “I like him very much. He has two qualities that we seldom find united in one and the same man. He is very polite and courteous, and at the same time he is very candid.” “I have only a brief acquaintance with him, and I must confess that I did not observe that he was particularly candid.” “I am not surprised at that, if you have only known him a short time. You see he is not polite and candid at one and the same time. He is polite to you when you are present, and only candid about you when you are absent. ” —Texas Siftings.