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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

An account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. – Ambrose Bierce

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History
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Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is – it is her shadow. – Ambrose Bierce

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

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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. – French Proverb

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Contraries are cured by contraries. – Proverb

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Secrecy is the soul of all great designs. – Charles Caleb Colton

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The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality. – Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Travel teaches toleration. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Honk if you love Jesus. Text while driving if you want to meet him. – Author unknown, as seen on a church sign

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