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Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.
Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.
Manners require showing consideration of all human beings, not just the ones to whom one is close.
good manners are an admission that everybody is so tender that they have to be handle with gloves.
Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.
We sometimes meet an original gentleman, who, if manners had not existed, would have invented them.
It is possible to have good manners and be funny at the same time. Ronnie Barker and I proved that.
As soon as a woman begins to dress "loud," her manners and conversation partake of the same element.
I differ materially from Capt. Lewis, in my account of the numbers, manners, and morals of the Sioux.
Taste is more to do with manners than appearances. Taste is both myth and reality; it is not a style.
You learn, just as you learn good manners, how to approach things with a certain amount of diplomacy.
I was brought up in a community, in a family that valued such things as good manners, and I still do.
[Yankees] are pretty much like southerners except with worse manners, of course, and terrible accents.
There is no rest for the person who has envy, and there is no love for the person who has bad manners.
I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.
Manners are the ability to put someone else at their ease...by turning any answer into another question.
For every rude executive who makes it to the top, there are nine successful executives with good manners.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
It's so important to have manners and treat people from all walks of life the way they should be treated.
The ruin of a State is generally preceded by an universal degeneracy of manners and contempt of religion.
Good breeding consists in having no particular mark of any profession, but a general elegance of manners.
I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like.
I know everybody's income and what everybody earns, And I carefully compare it with the income-tax returns
A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.
The great thing about being always among people of noble manners was the inevitable elevation of one's own.
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
I believe the Bible to be the written Word of God and to contain in it the whole rule of faith and manners.
as everybody knows, truthfulness and agreeable manners are often divorced on the ground of incompatibility.
Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in.
Please don't think me negligent or rude. I am both, in effect, of course, but please don't think me either.
A great reserve and severity of manners are necessary for the command of those who are older than ourselves.
In England, we have such good manners that if someone says something impolite, the police will get involved.
I find it upsetting to see the erosion of manners. It's very scary. Where are the 'pleases' and 'thank yous?'
I don't like it when people don't hold the door. I don't know, that really bugs me... I guess I like manners.
Doubleday is used to my talking about manners because I am, after all, known for that, and that's my persona.
I can be very polite, but I've found that doesn't always get a result. You have got to bang and thump tables.
Class is considerate of others. It knows that good manners is nothing more than a series of petty sacrifices.
That only can with propriety be styled refinement which, by strengthening the intellect, purifies the manners.
Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.
Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners.
Ellen Cherry was from the south and had good manners. She didn´t have any panties on, but she had good manners.
Wouldn't it be a helluva joke if all this were really burnt cork and you people were being tolerant for nuthin'?
We should ask God to help us toward manners. Inner gifts do not find their way to creatures without just respect.
My parents were very strict about manners and being polite to others. I brought my own children up that way, too.
I think she must have been very strictly brought up, she's so desperately anxious to do the wrong thing correctly.
To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all.
I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife.
I'm a big believer in manners and respect: that one should never do to another what you wouldn't wish for yourself.
The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
God Almighty has set before me two great objects: the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners.