383.每日英文读诵

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383.每日英文读诵-
【How to win friends and influence people - 164】
In other words, don't argue with your customer or your spouse or
your adversary. Don't tell them they are wrong, don't get them
stirred up. Use a little diplomacy.
• Principle 2 - Show respect for the other person's opinions. Never
say, "You're wrong."
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3 - If You're Wrong, Admit It
Within a minute's walk of my house there was a wild stretch of virgin
timber, where the blackberry thickets foamed white in the
springtime, where the squirrels nested and reared their young, and
the horseweeds grew as tall as a horse's head. This unspoiled
woodland was called Forest Park - and it was a forest, probably not
much different in appearance from what it was when Columbus
discovered America. I frequently walked in this park with Rex, my
little Boston bulldog. He was a friendly, harmless little hound; and
since we rarely met anyone in the park, I took Rex along without a
leash or a muzzle.
One day we encountered a mounted policeman in the park, a
policeman itching to show his authority.
"'What do you mean by letting that dog run loose in the park without
a muzzle and leash?" he reprimanded me. "Don't you know it's
against the law?"
"Yes, I know it is," I replied softy, "but I didn't think he would do any
harm out here."
"You didn't think! You didn't think! The law doesn't give a tinker's
damn about what you think. That dog might kill a squirrel or bite a
child. Now, I'm going to let you off this time; but if I catch this dog
out here again without a muzzle and a leash, you'll have to tell it to
the judge ."