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“Rugby football is a game I can't claim absolutely to understand in all its niceties, if you know what I mean. I can follow the broad, general principles, of course. I mean to say, I know that the main scheme is to work the ball down the field somehow and deposit it over the line at the other end and that, in order to squalch this programme, each side is allowed to put in a certain amount of assault and battery and do things to its fellow man which, if done elsewhere, would result in 14 days without the option, coupled with some strong remarks from the Bench.”

“There is a field where all wonderful perfections of microscope and telescope fail, all exquisite niceties of weights and measures, as well as that which is behind them, the keen and driving power of the mind. No facts however indubitably detected, no effort of reason however magnificently maintained, can prove that Bach's music is beautiful.”

“There are two ways to aquire the niceties of life: 1) To produce them or 2) To plunder them. When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time, a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.”

“The natural progress of the works of men is from rudeness to convenience, from convenience to elegance, and from elegance to nicety.”

Men Natural Progress Elegance Convenience Rudeness Niceties

Book:The works of Samuel Johnson

Source: The works of Samuel Johnson

“It is clear enough that you are making some distinction in what you said, that there is some nicety of terminology in your words. I can't quite follow you.”

Said I Can Enough Clear Distinction Terminology Niceties Some Nice

Book:The Complete Novels

Source: The Complete Novels

“I was kind of a wild child. I wasn't taught the niceties of life.”

Kind Children Taught Niceties Wild Child

Author:Barbra Streisand

“My father always has been attractive because of his energy, warmth, charm, and talent for finding some connection with people from all cultures and walks of life. He rarely observed social formalities and niceties - something he has passed on to his boys.”

People Has Beens Culture Father Energy Social Walks Boys Talent Findings Connections Attractive Charm Warmth Walks Of Life Formality Niceties

Book:Brothers Emanuel: A Memoir of an American Family

Source: Brothers Emanuel: A Memoir of an American Family