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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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Innocence
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Malcolm Bradbury
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Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference. – Cesare Pavese, This Business of Living: Diaries

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Life be not so short but that there is always time for courtesy. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter which fork you use. – Emily Post

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Whoever one is, and wherever one is, one is always in the wrong if one is rude. – Maurice Baring

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Other nations of different habits are not enemies: they are godsends. Men require of their neighbours something sufficiently akin to be understood, something sufficiently different to provoke attention, and something great enough to command admiration. We must not expect, however, all the virtues. – Alfred North Whitehead

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We use 10% of our brains. Imagine how much we could accomplish if we used the other 60%. – Ellen Degeneres

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