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1 " Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies; they are ready enough to tell them. "
― Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
2 " We want them to see their home planet," Mrs. Whatsit said. The Medium lost the delighted smile she had worn till then. " Oh, why must you make me look at unpleasant things when there are so many delightful ones to see?" Again Mrs. Which's voice reverberated through the cave. " There will no longer be so many pleasant things to look at if responsible people do not do something about the unpleasant ones. "
3 " In the guise of frankness many people ruin their world by saying unpleasant things to friends and family. The bad words make them a bad world. "
― Girdhar Joshi , Some Mistakes Have No Pardon
4 " Talking about unpleasant things during a meal is not good for digestion, not good for health. "
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5 " It’s not easy to kill; it’s not supposed to be. If it is, then there’s something wrong with you. But sometimes good people have to do unpleasant things just so we can come home at night to our kids. "
― Skip Coryell , Stalking Natalie
6 " Except in cases of necessity which are rare leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies they are ready enough to tell him. "
7 " A satirist is a man who discovers unpleasant things about himself and then says them about other people. "
