To each of us, in the very nature of things, the "I" is the center of our world. We see things always through our I's.
If we wish to get along without friction, we must remember that the other fellow has his I's also, and when we try to make him see things through out I's, it makes trouble.
Good Breeding.
The hall mark of education, refinement and character, in the broad sense, is the ability to exclude the personal so far as possible from our conversation. And be big enough to grant to others their undoubted right to see and think from their own standpoint.
Argument develops egotism more than almost anything else will.
How often have you convinced another in an argument?
How often have you been convinced in an argument?
The world is big; there are millions of others in it, and our job is a big one if we 'tend pretty well to our own knittin'.