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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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"Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything."
"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."
"I was raised in an era when part of respecting your elders was to call them by Mr. or Mrs. When my children were growing up, an occasional child would call me Susan. It was jarring, felt disrespectful, and I did not like it. We reached a mutual agreement and their friends began calling me Ms. Susan. Perhaps this is more prevalent in the South, however, your awareness and consideration can help prevent social missteps."
"Only fools imply compliments. The wise man comes right out with it, point-blank. Imply criticism--unless the criticized isn't within earshot."
"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."
"Using titles such as Mr., Mrs., Miss, Dr., etc. demonstrates respect. In previous generations, it was a social necessity and simply good manners. One would consider you rude and uncultured if you were so presumptuous as to go straight to a "first name basis. First names can imply an intimacy that does not exist and it may offend a new person until they know you better. Be wary of making assumptions."
"The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones."
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"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."
"In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed; we see the most indistinctly the objects which are close around us."
"Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth."
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