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Emily Post:
Aside:
Given that we are surrounded by dis coarse discourse, methinks more persons should be reminded of this. “Rudeness” and “honesty” are not synonyms.
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Rex Stout, in the voice of Andrew Hibbard:
A man may debar nonsense from his library of reason, but not from the arena of his impulses.
Stout, Rex, The League of Frightened Men (New York: Bantam, 1992), p. 13.
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Rex Stout, in the voice of Archie Goodwin:
Skepticism is a good watchdog if you know when to take the leash off.
Stout, Rex, Fer-de-Lance (New York: Bantam, 1962), p. 143.
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Rex Stout, in the voice of Nero Wolfe:
That of course is the advantage of being a pessimist; a pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.
Stout, Rex, Fer-de-lance, (New York: Bantam, 1992), p. 3