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  2. Rudeness - Wikipedia

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    Both manners and morality deal with whether a thing is morally good or bad, but at different levels. Unlike morality, which, for example, condemns murder as a violation of a person, manners primarily concerns itself with violations of human dignity , rather than the person's health or property. [ 3 ]

  3. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    The more things change, the more they stay the same; The only disability in life is a bad attitude – Scott Hamilton; The only way to understand a woman is to love her; The old wooden spoon beats me down; The only way to find a friend is to be one; The pen is mightier than the sword; The pot calling the kettle black

  4. The old man lost his horse - Wikipedia

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    Every ill-luck is good for something in a wise man's hand. Every medal has its dark side. Every tide has its ebb. No great loss without some small gain; It is an ill wind that blows no one good. Nothing is so bad in which there is not something good. In most of these proverbs, the hopeful perspective points 'in the direction of good luck'.

  5. List of bad luck signs - Wikipedia

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    Breaking a mirror is said to bring seven years of bad luck [1]; A bird or flock of birds going from left to right () [citation needed]Certain numbers: The number 4.Fear of the number 4 is known as tetraphobia; in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages, the number sounds like the word for "death".

  6. Glossary of rhetorical terms - Wikipedia

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    Apostrophe – a figure of speech consisting of a sudden turn in a text towards an exclamatory address to an imaginary person or a thing. Arete – virtue, excellence of character, qualities that would be inherent in a "natural leader", a component of ethos. Argument – discourse characterized by reasons advanced to support conclusions.

  7. Seven dirty words - Wikipedia

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    So there's no real consistent standard. It's not a science. It's a notion that they have and it's superstitious. These words have no power. We give them this power by refusing to be free and easy with them. We give them great power over us. They really, in themselves, have no power. It's the thrust of the sentence that makes them either good or ...

  8. Glossary of Stoicism terms - Wikipedia

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    ἀδιάφορα: indifferent things, neither good nor bad. agathos ἀγαθός: good, proper object of desire. anthrôpos ἄνθρωπος: human being, used by Epictetus to express an ethical ideal. apatheia ἀπάθεια: serenity, peace of mind, such as that achieved by the Stoic sage. aphormê

  9. Boldness - Wikipedia

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    Thunberg's speech "Our house is on fire" in Davos (January 2019). Boldness is the opposite of shyness.To be bold implies a willingness to get things done despite risks. [1]For example, in the context of sociability, a bold person may be willing to risk shame or rejection in social situations, or to bend rules of etiquette or politeness.