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«[The Japanese] are extremely good imitators ? and so polite they even copy the mistakes.»
Author: Earl Scruggs | Keywords: imitator, imitators, polite
«The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.»
«To succeed inside a political party, one must cultivate an ability to sit still and remain polite while foolish people speak nonsense»
«Texas, to be respected must be polite. Santa Anna living, can be of incalculable benefit to Texas; Santa Anna dead, would just be another dead Mexican.»
«The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.»
«The hundred point man is one who is true to every trust; who keeps his word; who is loyal to the firm that employs him; who does not listen for insults nor look for slights; who carries a civil tongue in his head; who is polite to strangers without b»
«Vanity is the polite mask of pride.»
«There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far.»
«Then I though of reading - the nice and subtle happiness of reading ... this joy not dulled by age, this polite and unpunishable vice, this selfish, serene, lifelong intoxication.»
«The Irish are hearty, the Scotch plausible, the French polite, the Germans good-natured, the Italians courtly, the Spaniards reserved and decorous - the English alone seem to exist in taking and giving offense»

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