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Quote:A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.[Samuel Johnson]

Quote:It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.[C.S. Lewis]

Quote:Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. [H. L. Mencken]



Definitions of: decent

Definition: Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language.

Definition: Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest.

Definition: Comely; shapely; well-formed.

Definition: Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable; fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a decent fortune; a decent person.

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