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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Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking. – Ambrose Bierce

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

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Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband. – Ambrose Bierce

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

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The test of ones behavior pattern; relationship to society, relationship to ones work, relationship to sex. – Alfred Adler

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Meat makes, and clothes shapes, but manners makes a man. – Scottish Proverb

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