Acting with decorum is more like walking a tightrope than following an etiquette handbook, a game of high-stakes uncertainty

Evidence

Decorum is an unfashionable word but it has a radical core (Aeon)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Small acts of decorum toward corpses matter more than practical logic — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 483