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Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.
Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.
The society of women is the element of good manners.
The society of women is the element of good manners.
Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.
Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.
Civility costs nothing and buys everything.
Civility costs nothing and buys everything.
Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.
Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.
A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.
A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.
Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.
Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.
There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.
There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.