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The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite b

The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth. – Malcolm Bradbury

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Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original sin is a property of the young. The old grow beyond corruption very quickly. – Malcolm Bradbury

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Politeness — The most acceptable hypocrisy. – Ambrose Bierce

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Of course, behaviorism works. So does torture. Give me a no-nonsense, down-to-earth behaviorist, a few drugs, and simple electrical appliances, and in six months I will have him reciting the Athanasian Creed in public. – W. H. Auden

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