382.每日英文读诵

【每日英文读诵，未来更加出众】
382.每日英文读诵-
【How to win friends and influence people - 163】
"In that one instance alone, a little tact, and the determination to
refrain from telling the other man he was wrong, saved my company
a substantial amount of cash, and it would be hard to place a money
value on the good will that was saved."
Martin Luther King was asked how, as a pacifist, he could be an
admirer of Air Force General Daniel "Chappie" James, then the
nation's highest-ranking black officer. Dr. King replied, "I judge
people by their own principles - not by my own."
In a similar way, General Robert E. Lee once spoke to the president
of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis, in the most glowing terms about
a certain officer under his command. Another officer in attendance
was astonished. "General," he said, " do you not know that the man
of whom you speak so highly is one of your bitterest enemies who
misses no opportunity to malign you?" "Yes," replied General Lee,
"but the president asked my opinion of him; he did not ask for his
opinion of me."
By the way, I am not revealing anything new in this chapter. Two
thousand years ago, Jesus said: "Agree with thine adversary
quickly."
And 2,200 years before Christ was born, King Akhtoi of Egypt gave
his son some shrewd advice - advice that is sorely needed today. "Be
diplomatic," counseled the King. "It will help you gain your point."