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RESERVE [ Also see Bashfulness Candor Concealment Dignity Distance Evasion Modesty Ostentation Secrecy Silence ] Reserve may be pride fortified in ice; dignity is worth reposing on truth.       - William R. Alger Reserve is the truest expression of respect towards those who are its objects.       - Thomas De Quincey ("The Opium Eater") There is nothing more allied to the barbarous and savage character than sullenness, concealment, and reserve.       - Parke Godwin Reserve is no more essentially connected with understanding than a church organ with devotion, or wine with good-nature.       - William Shenstone There would not be any absolute necessity for reserve if the world were honest; yet even then it would prove expedient. For, in order to attain any degree of deference, it seems necessary that people should imagine you have more accomplishments than you discover.       - William Shenstone The GIGA name and the GIGA logo are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. GIGA-USA and GIGA-USA.COM are servicemarks of the domain owner. Copyright © 1999-2018 John C. Shepard. All Rights Reserved. Last Revised: 2018 December 9 Support GIGA.  Buy something from Amazon.

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