The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.
—Charles Dickens
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Politeness is the most acceptable hypocrisy.
—Ambrose Bierce
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The madman’s explanation of a thing is always complete, and often in a purely rational sense satisfactory. Or, to speak more strictly, the insane explanation, if not conclusive, is at least unanswerable[.]
—G. K. Chesterton
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Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.
—H. L. Mencken
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People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Character is what you are in the dark.
—Lord John Whorfin
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Is it not excessively ridiculous to seek the good opinion of those whom you would never wish to be like?
—John Chrysostom
