When you are facing an adversary, it is not how he responds that matters.
From The Fears That Bind, one of 284 sayings written by John Sarris over thirty years.
He reads what you tell him and writes a page of his journal back, with a few of these chosen for you. It costs nothing and asks for nothing.
More like it
- A bully is a sheep in wolf's clothing.
- Practice temperance before you counsel it.
- Telling you what you want to hear makes me an echo rather than a mirror.
- There are endless ways to stamp your feet but all that adds is noise.
- Two dogs alone have more fun than two dogs and a bone.
- Fight for every inch and you'll rarely move a foot.