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Good manners have much to do with emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit read more
Good manners have much to do with emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.
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.
Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.
Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.
Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.
Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.
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.
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.
Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
Civility costs nothing and buys everything.
Civility costs nothing and buys everything.
The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.
The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.
