I was taught, I forget by whom, but I think it was in a book I've forgotten the name of, that a compliment should be:
clear,
specific
something else with three syllables that I never could remember
sincerely meant,
and true.
It drives me mad that I never can remember what the other thing was.
Pleasing? But that's two syllables...
ReplyDeleteDon't know the answer, but could the quote be based on this:
ReplyDelete“Before you speak ask yourself: Is it kind, is it necessary, it is true, does it improve upon the silence?”
― Shirdi Sai Baba
In other words, something like "kind", but three syllables?
Spontaneous? But 4 syllables . . .
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