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etiquette quotes

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“Etiquette is a set of rules people use so they can be rude to each other in public.” Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
“In reality they all lived in a kind of hieroglyphic world, where the real thing was never said or done or even thought, but only represented by a set of arbitrary signs” Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
“Now, it is well known, that a man may with more impunity be guilty of an actual breach either of real good breeding or of good morals, than appear ignorant of the most minute point of fashionable etiquette.” Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

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reality moral fashion rudeness

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Patrick Rothfuss (1)
Edith Wharton (1)
Walter Scott (1)

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The Name of the Wind (1)
The Age of Innocence (1)
Ivanhoe (1)