Compliment Quote by William Shenstone

Proper words in proper places make the true definiton of style.

— Jonathan Swift

Elegance of manner is the outgrowth of refined and exalted sense.

— Lord Chesterfield

The approach to style is by way of plainness, simplicity, orderliness, sincerity.

— William Strunk, Jr

Never use jargon words like 'reconceptualize', 'demassification', 'attitudinally', 'judgmentally'. They are hallmarks of a pretentious ass.

— David Ogilvy

“The best way to compliment someone is frequently. —ANONYMOUS”

— Renee Baron

Compliments and flattery oftenest excite my contempt by the pretension they imply; for who is he that assumes to flatter me? To compliment often…

— Henry David Thoreau

Courteousness is consideration for others; politeness is the method used to deliver such considerations.

— Bryant H. McGill

There are both dull correctness and piquant carelessness; it is needless to say which will command the most readers and have the most influence.

— Charles Caleb Colton

That only can with propriety be styled refinement which, by strengthening the intellect, purifies the manners.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“Reverence reduces hostility.”

— Toba Beta

“The way in which we say something is often more important than what we say.”

— Sydney J. Harris

Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write much as you would…

— William P. Alford