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An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with read more
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
If we think we regulate printing, thereby to rectify manners, we must regulate all regulations and pastimes, all that is read more
If we think we regulate printing, thereby to rectify manners, we must regulate all regulations and pastimes, all that is delightful to man.
You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.
You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.
Civility costs nothing and buys everything.
Civility costs nothing and buys everything.
Etiquette is behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.
Etiquette is behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.
The society of women is the element of good manners.
The society of women is the element of good manners.
Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.
Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.
At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.
Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.
