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.
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Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.
I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like.
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.
Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.
Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.
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 are nothing more than thinking about somebody else.
Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the room.
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.
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