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"The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones."
"Graciously Accepting a Compliment. How many times have you offered someone a sincere compliment only to have it thrown back in your face as if your assessment were wrong? How did you feel? Women are notorious for this social misstep and poor maneuver. Why do they do it? Rejecting a compliment makes the compliment-giver feel as though they should have said nothing."
"Murder is not a suitable topic of conversation for a young lady."
"But I was also told to hold doors for women and children, to shake hands with a firm grip, to remember people's names, and to always give the customer a little more than expected."
"A true gentlemen is one who is never unintentionally rude."
"Your manners are critical for both making a positive first impression and creating success in life, love, and business."
"To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself."
"The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones."
Explore more quotes by Stephen Bayley
"In an age robbed of religious symbols, going to the shops replaces going to the church. We have a free choice, but at a price. We can win experience, but never achieve innocence. Marx knew that the epic activities of the modern world involve not lance and sword but dry goods."
"The assumption must be that those who can see value only in tradition, or versions of it, deny man's ability to adapt to changing circumstances."
"Taste is more to do with manners than appearances. Taste is both myth and reality; it is not a style."
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