An old man on the streets of Berkeley once taught me that we compliment other people in part because we want to make ourselves feel more positive about them, but that sometimes this purpose is better served by withholding a compliment and just thinking about it internally.
He also believed that everyone hates each other to some degree, even if they love each other as well, and that honest interaction between people couldn't begin until they said "I hate you" to each other.
Ahh, I see he has his own Wikipedia page. Really interesting guy. I would sit around talking to him at 1 AM. Was sad when I heard he passed away a few years ago.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_Man
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_Man
This was him. I always felt like he was sort of the human embodiment of Berkeley as a town. 
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