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Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about hypocrisy, nation

To be brave doesn't means to live in dangerous manner, ...

To be brave doesn't means to live in dangerous manner, with any risk, but to always on the truth's side.

Quote by Plutarh about courage, risk, truth

Men's evil manners live in brass, their virtues.

Men's evil manners live in brass, their virtues.

Quote by William Shakespeare about philosophy, man

The American people depend on these federal employees to process, investigate, and adjudicate applications for immigration rights and benefits in a timely and thorough manner.

Quote by Joe Baca about nation, americans, people

Nakedness is uncomely, as well in mind as body, and it addeth no small reverence to men's manners and actions if they be not altogether open. Therefore set it down: That a habit of secrecy is both politic and moral.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about habits, body, moral, mind, man

The manner in which one endures what must be endured is...

The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.

Quote by Dean Acheson about things

Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but...

Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.

Quote by Lord Acton about eternity, fall, change, moral

Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner.

Quote by Joseph Addison about courage, duty, common sense, sense, man

She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an...

She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners.

Quote by Louisa May Alcott about influence, clothes, magic, instinct, character

You lose your anonymity just like a helium balloon with a string. Therefore people are going to have their own opinion and they're going to write in whatever clever manner they desire.

Quote by Kim Basinger about intelligence, opinion, people

Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible...

Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.

Quote by Aristophanes about politics, vulgarity, voice, bad luck, bad

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.

Quote by Aristotel about praise, rightness, people, moment, time, man

After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true university of these days is a collection of books.

Quote by Albert Camus about education, books, day, knowledge

Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that...

Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about character, man

Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner...

Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about value

They teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a...

They teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing master.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation.

Quote by Joseph Joubert about grace, beauty, feelings

The simplest Protocol Directive will be worded in the most obscure and complicated manner possible. Speeds, for example, will be expressed as Furlongs per Fortnight and flow rates as Hogsheads per Hour.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about medicine, example

Intelligence is the ability of seeing and reproducing in...

Intelligence is the ability of seeing and reproducing in an objective manner everything that exists and happens.

Quote by Mihai Eminescu about intelligence, purpose, ability

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