#manners

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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Liberty cannot be preserved, if the manners of the people are corrupted. ↗

— Algernon Sidney

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Be simple in words, manners, and gestures. Amuse as well as instruct. If you can make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believe you. ↗

— Alfred E. Smith

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

— Sydney Smith

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I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted. ↗

— Og Mandino

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I could start a war in 30 seconds. But some countries spend 100 years trying to find peace. Just like good manners, peace has to be learned. ↗

— Sylvester Stallone

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Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

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I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

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All my life I have placed great store in civility and good manners, practices I find scarce among the often hard-edged, badly socialized scientists with whom I associate. Tone of voice means a great deal to me in the course of debate. I despise the arrogance and doting self-regard so frequently found among the very bright. ↗

— Edward O. Wilson

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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater. ↗

— Mark Twain

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