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Politeness -- The most acceptable hypocrisy. - Ambrose Bierce

Politeness — The most acceptable hypocrisy. – Ambrose Bierce

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The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling. – Ambrose Bierce

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Ambrose Bierce
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Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white. – Ambrose Bierce

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Art
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Ambrose Bierce
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The test of good manners is to be patient with bad ones. – Gabirol (Solomon ben Yehuda ibn Gabirol), The Choice of Pearls

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The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. – Christian Nevell Bovee

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To speak kindly does not hurt the tongue. – Proverb

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

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