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Politeness -- The most acceptable hypocrisy. - Ambrose Bierce

Politeness — The most acceptable hypocrisy. – Ambrose Bierce

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Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense. – Ambrose Bierce

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Truth
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Ambrose Bierce
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Censor, n. An officer of certain governments, employed to supress the works of genius. Among the Romans the censor was an inspector of public morals, but the public morals of modern nations will not bear inspection. – Ambrose Bierce

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Censorship
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Ambrose Bierce
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You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question. – Albert Camus

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Manners

Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in. – Edmund Burke

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Manners

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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Manners

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

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Manners

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It is one of my pet hates when I see players who have agents who do everything for them. They dont know how to set up their own bank accounts, they dont know what they are spending their money on and they cant make their own decisions. – Gary Neville

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I have little confidence in any enterprise or business or investment that promises dividends only after the death of the stockholders. – Robert G. Ingersoll

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