When you sit face to face with someone who is pleasant, respectful, and polite, you have a hard time reminding yourself that nothing he says is true, that nothing is sincere.
 Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984). copy citation

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Author Milan Kundera
Source The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Topic politeness hypocrisy sincerity
Date 1984
Language English
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Note Translated by Michael Henry Heim
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