#skillful

Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people. ↗

— Charles Dickens

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My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense - on the order of Mike Gibbons. ↗

— Gene Tunney

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To handle a language skillfully is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

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#handle #kind #language #practice #skillfully