A quotation from La Bruyere, Jean de:

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Discourtesy is not one specific vice of the soul but the result of several vices: foolish vanity, ignorance of one’s duties, laziness, stupidity, thoughtlessness, contempt for others, and jealousy.
[L’incivilité n’est pas un vice de l’âme, elle est l’effet de plusieurs vices: de la sotte vanité, de l’ign…
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/la-bruyere-jean-de/50904/

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