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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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Living substance conquers the frenzy of destruction only in the ecstasy of procreation. – Walter Benjamin

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The adjustment of reality to the masses and of the masses to reality is a process of unlimited scope, as much for thinking as for perception. – 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 English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth. – Malcolm Bradbury

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

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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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There is just one life for each of us: our own. – Euripides

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I think that obstacles lead to growth and ultimately, the most learning Ive done in my life is between jobs. – Anthony Michael Hall

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Meditation is a rich and powerful method of study for anyone who knows how to examine his mind. – Michel de Montaigne

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I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance. – Stephen Fry

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