Ambrose Bierce's Quote - Politeness — The most acceptable hypocrisy. – Ambrose Bierce

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Politeness -- The most acceptable hypocrisy. - Ambrose Bierce

Politeness — The most acceptable hypocrisy. – Ambrose Bierce

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Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another. – Ambrose Bierce

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Genealogy. An account of ones descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own. – Ambrose Bierce

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Ocean: A body of water occupying two-thirds of a world made for man â€” who has no gills. – Ambrose Bierce

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People who have little to do are excessive talkers. – Proverb

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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy. – E.V. Lucas

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Life be not so short but that there is always time for courtesy. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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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