人の面前にいるときと陰にまわったときとで、まったく別の態度をとろうとすることなど、危険な企てはない。の英語

There is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back.

showing marked and often playful or irritating evasiveness or reluctance to make a definite or committing statement

When we deal with people, it would be wise to try to separate the sheep from the goats without letting them know it.

When suddenly faced with a dangerous situation, hold your horses - make sure of the proper action, then act.

It is not good to think "If I was a little smarter I would be able to understand this." whenever you are confronted with something you can't work your head around.

thinking that moves away in diverging directions so as to involve a variety of aspects and which sometimes lead to novel ideas and solutions

emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation

Until such difficulties are ironed out completely, there is always a chance of fighting breaking out at the slightest provocation.

Mastering facts patiently is far more necessary for them than learning expressive and critical skills.

To lie is to deceive oneself. The impression you give to others is not really you, but a person who doesn't really exist.

In either case, the division is real and useful; but it can also be misleading.

bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one

an amphibious operation conducted for the purpose of deceiving the enemy and leading him into a course of action unfavorable to him

the spirit of God knew very well that there was a deeper question to be settled before there could be the intervention in power that was so ardently desired

It is acceptable to mention your job and interests and to ask the other person about his, but be careful not to let the conversation become too personal.

unconscious internalization of aspects of the world (especially aspects of persons) within the self in such a way that the internalized representation takes over the psychological functions of the external objects

He got tired of being the devil's advocate and now agrees with every idea they suggest, no matter how dumb.

Some people do not have a consistent set of principles; they just adopt whatever principles benefit them at the moment.

Having boasted how sure his hunches were, he was forced to eat his hat when he guessed wrong.

a self-report personality inventory consisting of 550 items that describe feelings or actions which the person is asked to agree with or disagree with

The secret of success lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from his angle as well as from your own.

There are two contradicting emotions within the human heart. Needless to say, there isn't a person who doesn't feel empathy towards other's misfortunes. However, when you see a person finally able to overcome their misfortunes it is possible to feel a sense of dissatisfaction. To exaggerate a little, it leaves you with a sense that you want to see that person fall into the same misfortune again. Before you know it you unwillingly harbour a sense of hostility towards them.

In the end, if there are are people who accept you no matter what you do, then there will be those who will criticise you. but if you are afraid of getting hit then nothing will ever start.

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

when two honest witnesses give accounts of the same event that differ diametrically, how can anyone prove that the evidence you gave was deliberately false?

As a rule, not only in humans, but also in animals, "sexual display" occurs, consciously or unconsciously, towards individuals of the opposite sex.

It must also be said that spotting what is important in current science is a matter of judgement, one cannot know that one is right.

Instead use words like "some", "many", "often", and begin statements with openers like, "In my experience, ...", "Excuse me if I'm wrong, but...", "In many instances, ...."

the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)

The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.