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

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The wolf changes his coat, but not his disposition. – Proverb

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Meat makes, and clothes shapes, but manners makes a man. – Scottish Proverb

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Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive to swim on top. – Francis Beaumont

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By the grace of God, Ill be that man. – Dwight L. Moody

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