"Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation."

Balzac, Honore De · Manners · 0 fans >>
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"The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth."

Bradbury, Malcolm · Manners · 1 fans >>
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"Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in."

Burke, Edmund · Manners · 2 fans >>
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"It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice."

Cassis, John · Manners · 2 fans >>
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"A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners."

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"Manners must adorn knowledge, and smooth its way through the world."

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"Prepare yourself for the world, as the athletes used to do for their exercise; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do."

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"Ceremony is necessary as the outwork and defense of manners."

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"We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we are not justified in enforcing good manners, for good manners always mean our own manners."

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"A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him."

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