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Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred.

Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

Manners are nothing more than thinking about somebody else.

In life, if you have an enthusiasm for what they call 'good manners,' sometimes people don't quite believe you. I've had that once or twice before, where they assume you can't be for real.

Manners make the world work. They're not only based on kindness but also efficiency. When people know what to do, the world is smoother. When no one knows what to do, it's chaos.

Manners is the key thing. Say, for instance, when you're growing up, you're walking down the street, you've got to tell everybody good morning. Everybody. You can't pass one person.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

I believe that there's a way to question authority with manners, with dignity. There's no reason to be rude about it.