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- books.google.comCharles Caleb Colton - 1828
Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely, and conciliate those you cannot
conquer. CCCLXXXIX. There are politic friendships which knaves find it
necessary to keep up with those whom they mean the more effectually to ruin ; for
most ... - books.google.comRussell Gerald Johnston - 2012
Pliny Diplomacy—Never answer a hypothetical question. Grant graciously what
you can`t refuse safely, and conciliate those you cannot conquer. Charles Caleb
Colton. You don`t tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive. - books.google.comRev.C.C. Colton - 1855
... and to keep himself unspotted from the worlds Grant graciously what you
cannot refuse safely, and conciliate those you cannot conquer. There are politic
friendships which knaves find it necessary to keep up with those whom they
mean the ... - books.google.comAndrew Steinmetz - 1838
But great men succeed in both. — lb. 787. Grant graciously what you cannot
refuse safely, and conciliate those you cannot conquer. — lb. 788. In our attempt
to deceive the world, those are most likely to detect us, who are sailing on the
same ... - books.google.com1843
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graciously what you cannot refuse safely, and conciliate those you cannot
conquer. - books.google.comJoseph Dean Klatt, Michael M. Forbes - 2009
Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot
conquer. —Charles Caleb Colton If you are planning on doing business with
someone again, don't be too tough in the negotiations. If you're going to skin a cat
, ... - books.google.com2008 - 204 pages
Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely, and conciliate those you cannot
conquer.—COLTON. A little management may often evade resistance, which a
vast force might vainly strive to overcome. TALENT.—Talent of the highest order, ... - books.google.comCharles W. Freeman, Jr. - 1994 - 603 pages
Flexibility: "Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely, and conciliate those
you cannot conquer." Charles Caleb Colton Folly: "It may at times be the highest
wisdom to simulate folly." Niccolo Machiavelli Foibearance: "Next to knowing ... - books.google.comWilliam M. Handy - 2005 - 368 pages
Grant graciously what you cannot refuse, and conciliate those you cannot
conquer. The art of putting up with things can be had by regarding the actions of
men as a part of their nature, and putting up with them as we do with inanimate
objects. - books.google.com
... as a fog the sun, the hand that warned Belshazzar derived its horrifying effect
from the want of a body. - Colton, Charles Caleb Grant graciously what you
cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer. - Colton, Charles
Caleb ...