In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural w…

Thomas Jefferson
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In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1977). The Portable Thomas Jefferson, p.407, Penguin
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In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1977). The Portable Thomas Jefferson, p.407, Penguin

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