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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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Any translation which intends to perform a transmitting function cannot transmit anything but information — hence, something inessential. This is the hallmark of bad translations. – Walter Benjamin

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The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The slogans of an inadequate criticism peddle ideas to fashion. – Walter Benjamin

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Treat your superior as a father, your equal as a brother, and your inferior as a son. – Proverb

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The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. – Christian Nevell Bovee

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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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I can be very polite, but Ive found that doesnt always get a result. You have got to bang and thump tables. – Joy Baluch

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