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Charm is the ability to insult people without offending them.
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Why you're not crippled, you just have a little defect — hardly noticeable, even! When people have some slight disadvantage like that, they cultivate other things to make up for it — develop charm — and vivacity — and — charm!

 

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