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Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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Maybe we've been brainwashed by 130 years of Yankee history, but Southern identity now has more to do with food, accents, manners, music than the Confederate past. It's something that's open to both races, a variety of ethnic groups and people who move here. ↗

— John Shelton Reed

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Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

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Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill manners. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

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I think the biggest reason I was able to express myself and not be intimidated was by not having a mother. For example, mothers teach you manners. And I absolutely did not learn any of those rules and regulations. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

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The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones. ↗

— Solomon Ibn Gabirol

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Politeness is half good manners and half good lying. ↗

— Mary Wilson Little

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Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying. ↗

— Mary Wilson Little

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In a state therefore of great equality and virtue, where pure and simple manners prevailed, the increase of the human species would evidently be much greater than any increase that has been hitherto known. ↗

— Thomas Malthus

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When a man spends his time giving his wife criticism and advice instead of compliments, he forgets that it was not his good judgment, but his charming manners, that won her heart. ↗

— Helen Rowland

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