Compliments have lost their lure by the time a man does not… - Henry S. Haskins

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Compliments have lost their lure by the time a man does not have to fish for them.

Henry S. Haskins

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Henry S. Haskins (1875–1957) was a stockbroker and man of letters. His aphorisms were edited and published anonymously with an introduction by Albert Jay Nock in 1940.

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Stand aloof from your own opinions; they seek to lure you with an illusive certainty.

If someone offers to furnish a sure test, ask what the test was which made the sure test sure.

Thought the fool is to be pitied, still he is spared watching spurious wisdom turn to ashes in his head.

Compliments have lost their lure by the time a man does not have to fish for them. - Henry S. Haskins

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