“Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents on a delicate mission, they must airily pass by a stinking mess with barely so much as a nod of the head, make their point of constructive criticism and continue on in calm forbearance.
Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.” [Quentin Crisp; quoted in the "Cassell Dictionary of Contemporary Quotations" (1996)] via http://www.worldwidewords.org
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