Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.
Dorothy Parker, 1893-1967, American poet and satirist.
Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.
Charles G. Dawes, 1865-1951, American banker, ambassador, U.S. vice-president, and Nobel laureate.
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