Perhaps this general degradation was the result of too much crowding, too little privacy, too much noise. You couldn't be decent if you weren't intelligent; you couldn't be intelligent if you couldn't think–and who could think in all this racket? Add the stench to the confusion of cramped quarters, and who could be self-respecting? Lloyd C. Douglas
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If you tried to be decent in the midst of all the noise and chaos that is life in modern society, you would never get anything done. You would be too distracted by all the noises and distractions to concentrate on any one task to completion. So it is better to be rude than decent.

Source: The Robe

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