"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."

Manners, Perfection, Thinking

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"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."

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"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."

Nicholas Sparks, American Author

Manners, Respect, Politeness, Behavior

"Good manners: The noise you don't make when you're eating soup."

Bennett Cerf, American Journalist

Manners, Eating

"A true gentlemen is one who is never unintentionally rude."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Manners, Gentleman, Politeness, Respect

"For benefits by their very greatness spotlight the difference in conditions and arouse a secret annoyance in those who profit from them. But the charm of simple good manners is almost irresistible."

Alexis de Tocqueville, French Scientist

Manners, Behavior, Influence, Charm

"You lose your manners when you are poor."

Lillian Hellman, American Dramatist

Manners, Poor

"To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all."

Randall Jarrell, American Poet

Manners, Americans, English

"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."

Susan C. Young, American Author

Manners, Compliment, Truth, Power, Wisdom

"Taste is more to do with manners than appearances. Taste is both myth and reality; it is not a style."

Stephen Bayley, British Critic

Manners, Myth, Reality, Style

"The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones."

Wendell Willkie, American Lawyer

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"He combines the manners of a Marquis with the morals of a Methodist."

William Gilbert, British Composer

Manners, Morals

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"It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do."

Man

"To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own judgment, is but to exchange one danger for another."

Danger

"Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth."

Truth

"Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it."

Time

"It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what they owe God for any blessing is that they should receive that blessing often and regularly."

Man

"A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune."

Family

"Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man."

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"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."

"Good manners: The noise you don't make when you're eating soup."

"A true gentlemen is one who is never unintentionally rude."

"For benefits by their very greatness spotlight the difference in conditions and arouse a secret annoyance in those who profit from them. But the charm of simple good manners is almost irresistible."

"You lose your manners when you are poor."

"To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all."

"Taste is more to do with manners than appearances. Taste is both myth and reality; it is not a style."

"The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones."

"He combines the manners of a Marquis with the morals of a Methodist."

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"All men wish to have truth on their side; but few to be on the side of truth."

"Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory."

"Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one."

"It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do."

"To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own judgment, is but to exchange one danger for another."

"Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth."

"Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it."

"It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what they owe God for any blessing is that they should receive that blessing often and regularly."

"A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune."

"Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man."