Backhanded Compliments Quotes
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I find it to be the ultimate backhanded compliment when you are compared against yourself (Backhanded Compliments Quotes)
I will tell you that when I was heavy, people would say to me - and it was such a backhanded compliment - they would say, ‘You’ve got such a beautiful face,’ in the way of, like, ‘Oh, isn’t it a shame that from the neck down you’re questionable.’ (Backhanded Compliments Quotes)
She’d tell me how she’d handle the backhanded compliment by smiling and pretending she was receiving a genuine compliment all the while ignoring their attempt to be insulting. After all, it’s the way an insult is received that makes it an insult. You can’t really give offense unless someone takes it. (Backhanded Compliments Quotes)