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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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Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in. – Edmund Burke

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Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question. – Albert Camus

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