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Quote by Walter Benjamin
He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who

He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest. – Walter Benjamin

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All religions have honored the beggar. For he proves that in a matter at the same time as prosaic and holy, banal and regenerative as the giving of alms, intellect and morality, consistency and principles are miserably inadequate. – Walter Benjamin

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The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far more than convictions. – Walter Benjamin

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

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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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Good manners and plenty of money will make my son a gentlemen. – Proverb

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Everything is worth precisely as much as a belch, the difference being that a belch is more satisfying. – Ingmar Bergman

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It is not to be expected that human nature will change in a day. – Frank B. Kellogg

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I have lived with my husband more than I have with my parents… I live beside him, and know his worries, his hopes, and his dreams for his nation. We believe that things happen by design, not in an arbitrary way. And we believe it is our duty to make things happen. – Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned

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We are not makers of history. We are made by history. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding. – Martin Luther

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