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In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.
Florence King
Florence King
Born: Jan 5, 1936
Died: Jan 6, 2016

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Snake, Matters, Bite, Moral, Pointless, Merely, Bee, Sting, Order, Conventions, Social, Etiquette

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