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"Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding."
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"Victorian rigidities were such that ladies were not even allowed to blow out candles in mixed company, as that required them to pucker their lips suggestively. They could not say that they were going "to bed"--that planted too stimulating an image--but merely that they were "retiring." It became effectively impossible to discuss clothing in even a clinical sense without resort to euphemisms. Trousers became "nether integuments" or simply "inexpressibles" and underwear was "linen." Women could refer among themselves to petticoats or, in hushed tones, stockings, but could mention almost nothing else that brushed bare flesh."
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"It is your turn to say something now, Mr. Darcy. I talked about the dance, and you ought to make some kind of remark on the size of the room, or the number of couples."
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"Keep your opinion to yourself unless it's asked for."
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"Sometimes it is better to refrain from engaging in conversation because making no impression is better than making a bad impression."
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"Now," said Brandons low, cold voice. "Lets not be rude eve."
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"A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands."
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"Sometimes you must agree with someones opinion for the sake of being polite and modest, but within you, you know that you are not foolish and crazy."
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"Seek to make others feel comfortable by demonstrating respect for their individual needs as well as their cultural norms. Your consideration and heightened awareness will guide you well-and help you make a great first impression."
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"It is better to be polite than rude."
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"The Australian Book of Etiquette is a very slim volume."
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"A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide."
Death
"We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing."
Old
"Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness."
Happiness
"I hate being placed on committees. They are always having meetings at which half are absent and the rest late."
Society
"A weak mind does not accumulate force enough to hurt itself stupidity often saves a man from going mad."
Psychology
"I don't generally feel anything until noon, then it's time for my nap."
Time
"We expect more of ourselves than we have any right to."
Expectation
"A man is a kind of inverted thermometer the bulb uppermost and the column of self-valuation is all the time going up and down."
Self
"When I feel inclined to read poetry I take down my dictionary. The poetry of words is quite as beautiful as the poetry of sentences."
Poetry
"When in doubt do it."
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