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"Honesty has come to mean the privilege of insulting you to your face without expecting redress."
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"I'd had a really bad day and you hurt me.His hand at my jaw tensed and he kept whispering when he said, 'I'll probably do it again, Red,because I'm a man and any man can be a dick. But I won't do it like that, not again. I know you got softunder that attitude and I'll have a mind to that."
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"I can't tell you why I was in love with her. People didn't require that much as they do now. Folks were expected to be civilized to one another, honest, and - and clear. You relied on people being what they said they were, because there was no other way to survive."
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"Your thoughts are transparent."
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"The truth is considered hatred by those who hate the truth."
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"I don't think there's anything wrong with telling the truth. I know it isn't fashionable."
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"The wishes of an honest man do not stretch beyond what he undoubtedly deserves."
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"Unfortunately, people who always tell the truth don't have many friends."
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"Industry, economy, honesty, and kindness form a quartet of virtues that will never be improved upon."
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"Honest dishonesty. That's quite the oxymoron " but I like the originality that you've brought to bear in the art of rationalization. Maybe you should consider becoming a lawyer, he added jokingly."
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"Confidence in others' honesty is no light testimony of one's own integrity."
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"Most people who work at home find they do not have the benefit of receptionists who serve as personal guards."
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"Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd be surprised what an inducement that is to the education of children."
Education

"We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society."
Society

"You glance at an e-mail. You give more attention to a real letter."
Attention

"You do not have to do everything disagreeable that you have a right to do."
Responsibility

"Chaperons don't enforce morality; they force immorality to be discreet."
Morality

"Chaperons, even in their days of glory, were almost never able to enforce morality; what they did was to force immorality to be discreet. This is no small contribution."
Morality

"When a society abandons its ideals just because most people can't live up to them, behavior gets very ugly indeed."
Society

"We already know that anonymous letters are despicable. In etiquette, as well as in law, hiring a hit man to do the job does not relieve you of responsibility."
Ethics

"Honesty has come to mean the privilege of insulting you to your face without expecting redress."
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