Quentin Crisp - Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on...

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Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in which it is possible to commit some social sin.

Quentin Crisp

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Nichts neigt einer Person schneller dazu, in ein Kloster zu gehen, als ein Etikette-Buch zu lesen. Es gibt so viele triviale Wege, auf denen soziale Sünde begangen werden kann.

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