"Polite strangers often tell soothing lies about our physical appearance that prevent many of us from facing, discussing and solving our real problems."

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There is no society or conversation to be kept up in the world without good-nature, or something which must bear its appearance and supply its place. For this reason mankind have been forced to invent a kind of artificial humanity, which is what we express by the word Good-Breeding.

— Joseph Addison