Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.
Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.
I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like.
Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect.
Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.
Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at all, and because we are losing our customary manners, we are probably overly conscious of them; this seems to be a condition that produces writers.
Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.
The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.
Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
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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