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“Of course we did,” said the Count.”

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“book at hand, which happened to be Monsieur”

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“the wise man celebrates what he can.”

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“end of a page. “Surely, by now,”

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“ennui—that dreaded mire of the human emotions.”

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“FRONTA NULLA FIDES. Place”

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“FRONTA NULLA FIDES. Place no trust in appearances.”

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“Slurring is the cursive of speech...”

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I've always loved reading manifestos. Collectively, they represent a triumph of style.

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“How little imagination and courage we show in our hatreds.”

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Really. Is there anything nice to be said about other people's vacations?

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I totally remember that: being 25 and unemployed and trying to stretch each cappuccino for 60 minutes.

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“Or rather, he stood at a slight tilt induced by the wine, a sort of 12:02.”

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“An act of generosity rarely ends a man's responsibilities toward another; it tends instead to begin them.”

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“the manner of Prince Tetrakov, was now touring the room, shaking”

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I know that right choices by definition are the means by which life crystallizes loss.

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“be careful when choosing what you're proud of - because the world had every intention of using it against you”

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“Like all the rest of the world's warring tribes, these two made their way to New York City and settled side by…

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“But oftentimes, Sofia, our best course of action appears objectionable at the first step. In fact, it almost always does.”

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Emily Post says that talking about oneself isn't very polite.' 'I'm sure Miss Post is perfectly correct, but that doesn't seem to…

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“—If we only fell in love with people who were perfect for us, he said, then there wouldn’t be so much fuss…

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I published 'Rules of Civility' while I was still working. It became a best seller. I was working on this book, and…

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In 1989, I had a fellowship to teach for Yale in China for two years. I came back from California to New…

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“And though she couldn’t remember the exact reference and whether it was from mythology or the Bible, she knew instinctively as they…

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“Like the wheeling of stars,' muttered the Count as he paced. "That is how time passes when one is left waiting unaccountably.…

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One restaurant I visit without fail, whenever I'm in the Bay Area, is the Boulevard at 1 Mission Street, a few strides…

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“Posture? Is posture a type of manners?” “Yes,” replied the Count, albeit a little tentatively, “it is. A slouching posture tends to…

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While I began writing 'Rules of Civility' in 2006, the genesis of the book dates back to the early 1990s, when I…

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“There is an of-quoted passage in Walden, in which Thoreau exhorts us to find our pole star and to follow it unwaveringly…

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“For the next few minutes, there was a thorough rehashing of the courses (That meat was delicious. The sauce was perfect. And…

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“That is how time passes when one is left waiting unaccountably. The hours become interminable. The minutes relentless. And the seconds? Why,…

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“No doubt there have been moments when your life has taken a bit of a leap forward; and no doubt you look…

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“If one has been absent for decades from a place that one once held dear, the wise would generally counsel that one…

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“As long as there have been men on earth, reflected the Count, there have been men in exile. From primitive tribes to…

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“Nina had not contented herself with the views from the upper decks. She had gone below. Behind. Around. About. In the time…

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“Tis a funny thing, reflected the Count as he stood ready to abandon his suite. From the earliest age, we must learn…

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“For Jozef Galecki was one of those rare executives who had mastered the secret of delegation - that is, having assigned the…

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“But it was the Count’s review of the Contents—a list of 107 essays on the likes of Constancy, Moderation, Solitude, and Sleep—that…

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“Since the beginning of storytelling, he explained, Death has called on the unwitting. In one tale or another, it arrives quietly in…

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“For the most part, in the course of our daily lives we abide the abundant evidence that no such universal justice exists.…

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