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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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Taste is more to do with manners than appearances. Taste is both myth and reality; it is not a style. – Stephen Bayley

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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half. – Otto von Bismarck

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The test of ones behavior pattern; relationship to society, relationship to ones work, relationship to sex. – Alfred Adler

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To speak kindly does not hurt the tongue. – Proverb

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