Quotes by Crisp, Quentin

If you describe things as better than they are, you are considered to >>

However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police. >>

Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do >>

Quotations about Tact and Tactfulness

So long as the laws remain such as they are today, employ some discret >>

Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for t >>

'Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his hee >>

Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents on a delicate mission, they must airily pass by a stinking mess with barely so much as a nod of the head, make their point of constructive criticism and continue on in calm forbearance. Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

Crisp, Quentin