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Nothing is more noble than politeness, and nothing more ridiculous

Nothing is more noble than politeness, and nothing more ridiculous than ceremony. – Proverb

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To speak kindly does not hurt the tongue. – Proverb

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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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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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Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels; you must have some of your own. – John Wanamaker

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