Advantage

Famous quotes containing the word advantage:

“A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the façade of his appearance.”
—Iris Murdoch (b. 1919)

“Treating your adversary with respect is giving him an advantage to which he is not entitled.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

“The advantage of doing one’s praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)