## 👯‍♀️ Make Friends - @Visakanv's Blog ### 👯‍♀️ Make Friends - @Visakanv's Blog  #### Metadata * Author: [[visakanv.com]] * Full Title: 👯‍♀️ Make Friends - @Visakanv's Blog * Category: #articles * URL: <http://www.visakanv.com/blog/make-friends/> #### Highlights * My favorite bits from George Washington's Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation: Respect othersIf your friend has lice, remove it privatelyWhen visiting the sick, don't play physician"Undertake not to teach your equal in the art himself professes"Take all admonition thankfullyUse no reproachful language "Be not hasty to believe flying reports to the disparagement of any" Associate with quality people No malice or envy Don't intimidate the ignorant Don't ruin the mood; if someone else does, fix it Don't laugh at others' misfortune Be courteous Give not advice without being askedReprehend not the imperfection of othersGaze not on the blemishes of others and ask not how they cameThink before you speakWhen another speaks, be attentive and do not interruptDon't relate news if you don't know the truthBe not tedious in discourseBe not curious to know the affairs of othersIn disputes, be not desirous to overcome; give liberty to each to deliver his opinionBe not angry at the table whatever happens # 👯‍♀️ Make Friends - @Visakanv's Blog  ## Metadata - Author: [[visakanv.com]] - Full Title: 👯‍♀️ Make Friends - @Visakanv's Blog - Category: #articles - URL: http://www.visakanv.com/blog/make-friends/ ## Highlights - My favorite bits from George Washington’s Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation: Respect othersIf your friend has lice, remove it privatelyWhen visiting the sick, don’t play physician“Undertake not to teach your equal in the art himself professes”Take all admonition thankfullyUse no reproachful language ”Be not hasty to believe flying reports to the disparagement of any” Associate with quality people No malice or envy Don’t intimidate the ignorant Don’t ruin the mood; if someone else does, fix it Don’t laugh at others’ misfortune Be courteous Give not advice without being askedReprehend not the imperfection of othersGaze not on the blemishes of others and ask not how they cameThink before you speakWhen another speaks, be attentive and do not interruptDon’t relate news if you don’t know the truthBe not tedious in discourseBe not curious to know the affairs of othersIn disputes, be not desirous to overcome; give liberty to each to deliver his opinionBe not angry at the table whatever happens