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Letter "R" » respectable
«I think the family is the place where the most ridiculous and least respectable things in the world go on.»
«I simply contend that the middle-class ideal which demands that people be affectionate, respectable, honest and content, that they avoid excitements and cultivate serenity is the ideal that appeals to me, it is in short the ideal of affectionate family life, of honorable business methods.»
Author: Gertrude Stein
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Writer)
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Keywords:
affectionate,
appeals,
business methods,
contend,
excitements,
family business,
in short,
middle class,
respectable,
serenity,
The Middle Class
«It is respectable to have no illusions - and safe - and profitable, and dull»
«It is respectable to have illusions - and safe - and profitable, and dull»
«If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.»
«In the bosom of her respectable family resided Camilla.»
«I've always thought respectable people scoundrels, and I look anxiously at my face every morning for signs of my becoming a scoundrel.»
Author: Bertrand Russell
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Logician,
Philosopher)
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Keywords:
anxiously,
becoming,
face,
morning,
respectable,
scoundrel,
scoundrels,
signs,
sign on,
The Morning After
«If you can make people kind, not merely respectable, the problem will be solved»
«Horse-play, romping, frequent and loud fits of laughter, jokes, and indiscriminate familiarity, will sink both merit and knowledge into a degree of contempt. They compose at most a merry fellow; and a merry fellow was never yet a respectable man.»
Author: Lord Chesterfield
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Diplomat,
Statesman,
Wit)
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Keywords:
at most,
compose,
familiarity,
fits,
frequent,
indiscriminate,
jokes,
merry,
play a joke on,
respectable,
romp,
sink
«If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable.»