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- As for the decorum at the time of a campaign, one must be mindful that he is a samurai. A person who… — Kato Kiyomasa
- There are few things that so touch us with instinctive revulsion as a breach of decorum. — Thorstein Veblen
- The fabliau, then, is a short story that is a tall story. It combines a burly blurting of dirty words with a… — Christopher Ricks
- As Sokrates tells it, your story begins the moment Eros enters you. That incursion is the biggest risk of your life. How… — Anne Carson
- From a tale one expects a bit of wildness, of exaggeration and dramatic effect. The tale has no inherent concern with decorum,… — Peter Straub
- Necessity dispenseth with decorum. — Thomas Carlyle
- The most disgusting cad in the world is the man who on the grounds of decorum and morality avoids the game of… — H. L. Mencken
- It is difficult to attack me directly on religion because I never speak of it. Formally I am a strict observer of… — Etienne Francois, duc de Choiseul