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

Politeness — The most acceptable hypocrisy. – 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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Whoever one is, and wherever one is, one is always in the wrong if one is rude. – Maurice Baring

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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half. – Otto von Bismarck

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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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