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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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The book borrower…proves himself to be an inveterate collector of books not so much by the fervor with which he guards his borrowed treasures…as by his failure to read these books. – Walter Benjamin

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The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion. – Walter Benjamin

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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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Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference. – Cesare Pavese, This Business of Living: Diaries

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To speak kindly does not hurt the tongue. – 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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Give your kids a bloody knife and fork and let me put some fresh food in front of them they can eat. – Jamie Oliver

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Women get the attention when we get into the mens arena, and thats sad. – Billie Jean King

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