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Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.
Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.
Civility costs nothing and buys everything.
Civility costs nothing and buys everything.
Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.
Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.
Good manners: The noise you don't make when you're eating soup.
Good manners: The noise you don't make when you're eating soup.
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.
You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.
You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.
There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.
There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.
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.
Etiquette is behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.
Etiquette is behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.
