niceness | niceness
Jun.17.2010
Good humoured men, villainous destroyers of passion, often tend to be uncles. Genial, impartial, content themselves, they are the first to admonish the cousins at family gatherings to "settle down", just when the games are getting fun. Impervious, cordial, authoritative, they pull the breathless,...
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Aug.27.2009
For almost all my life, I have been plagued with bad manners.
Not the kind that I would write about to, say, Miss Manners for some advice, because she might laugh at me or at least not take me seriously.
But it’s been a huge problem nonetheless.
I have been nice. Too nice.
Oh, I can see you all,...
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