Ocupation: Author
Life: November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910
Birthday: November 30
Death: April 21
I think a compliment ought always to precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and insures for the complaint a courteous and gentle reception.
source: Mark Twain (1917). “Mark Twain's Letters”
topic: Thinking, Complaining, Resentment, Always Complaining