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A man that should call everything by its right name would hardly p

A man that should call everything by its right name would hardly pass the streets without being knocked down as a common enemy. – Lord Halifax

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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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Politeness is like an air-cushion—there may be nothing in it, but it wonderfully eases the joltings along the rough road of life. – Attributed to H.W. Beecher

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