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Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Politeness -- The most acceptable hypocrisy. - Ambrose Bierce

Politeness — The most acceptable hypocrisy. – Ambrose Bierce

Other quotes by Ambrose Bierce

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

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Humankind
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Ambrose Bierce
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Conservative. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from a Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. – Ambrose Bierce

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Conservatism
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Visitors should behave in such a way that the host and hostess feel at home. – J.S. Farynski

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

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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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Whoever one is, and wherever one is, one is always in the wrong if one is rude. – Maurice Baring

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Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business in science only one thing matters, and that is the facts. – Hans Eysenck

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The innocent is the person who explains nothing. – Albert Camus

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Wisdom doesnt necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. – Tom Wilson

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This is the greatest week in the history of the world since the Creation, because as a result of what happened in this week, the world is bigger, infinitely. – Richard Milhous Nixon

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