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The Plain-Spoken Person

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 27, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 30.

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The Plain-Spoken Person

WE have all met people who pride themselves on being plain-spoken.
Having met them, it is very noticeable indeed to see what a wide berth we give them ever afterward.
In the first place, they make themselves very disagreeable; in the second place, they are carping critics; in the third place, the word charity has no place in their lexicon. They never give either person or act the benefit of the doubt.
Judging others by themselves, they reach positive as well as acrid conclusions, and are not at all backward about stating them in public.
If one is pleasant, he has an ax to grind; if he works hard and saves money, he is stingy; if he is deliberate, he is lazy and a spendthrift; if a girl dresses well, it is a suspicious circumstance; if she does not dress well, she is surely slovenly; if people have a proper pride and self-respect in their work, they are conceited prigs; if they are humble in spirit, they are poor creatures of no individuality.—The World and His Wife.