(Politeness is) a tacit agreement that people's miserable defects whether moral or intellectual shall on either side b — Arthur Schopenhauer
(Politeness is) a tacit agreement that people's miserable defects whether moral or intellectual shall on either side b — Arthur Schopenhauer
(Politeness is) a tacit agreement that people's miserable defects whether moral or intellectual shall on either side b — Arthur Schopenhauer
(Politeness is) a tacit agreement that people's miserable defects whether moral or intellectual shall on either side b — Arthur Schopenhauer
(Politeness is) a tacit agreement that people's miserable defects whether moral or intellectual shall on either side b — Arthur Schopenhauer
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(Politeness is) a tacit agreement that people's miserable defects whether moral or intellectual shall on either side be ignored and not be made the subject of reproach.

— Arthur Schopenhauer
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