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Among well-bred people a mutual deference is affected, contempt for others is disguised; authority concealed; attention given to each in his turn; and an easy stream of conversation maintained without vehemence , without interruption , without eagerness .
David Hume, in Gems of genius; or, Words of the wise: a collection of the most pointed ..., p.169 | ||
