Manners Quotes and Quotations
He was the mildest manner'd man That ever scuttled ship or cut a throat. Now as to politeness... I would venture to call it benevolence in trifles. Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way through the world. Men make laws; women make manners. They asked Lucman, the fabulist, From whom did you learn manners? He answered: From the unmannerly. What once were vices are now manners. Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing. Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest persons uneasy, is the best bred in the company. Suit your manner to the man.
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