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Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy.

  • -- Ambrose Bierce 比尔斯

礼貌:最能让人接受的虚伪。

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Honest discussions - even and perhaps especially on topics about which we disagree - can help us resist hypocrisy and arrogance. They can also help us live up to the basic ideals, such as liberty and justice for all, on which our country was founded.

诚实的讨论——甚至可能是关于我们不同意的话题——可以帮助我们抵制虚伪和傲慢。它们还可以帮助我们实现我们国家赖以建立的基本理想，如人人享有自由和正义。

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Hypocrisy, the lie, is the true sister of evil, intolerance, and cruelty.

虚伪，谎言，是邪恶、偏执和残忍的真正姐妹。

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Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

礼貌之于人性，犹如温暖之于蜡。

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Politeness is organized indifference.

礼貌是有组织的冷漠。

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