To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself.

Quote by Richard Whately

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A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by...

A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by...

All men wish to have truth on their side; but few to be on the...

All men wish to have truth on their side; but few to be on the...

To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own...

To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own...

To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.

To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.

Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on...

Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on...

Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love...

Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love...

Happiness is no laughing matter

Happiness is no laughing matter

Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.

Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets...

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets...

Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.

Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.

As one may bring himself to believe almost anything he is inclined to believe, it...

As one may bring himself to believe almost anything he is inclined to believe, it...

Happiness is no laughing matter.

Happiness is no laughing matter.

There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in...

There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in...

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.

A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his...

A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his...

The happiest lot for a man, as far as birth is concerned, is that it...

The happiest lot for a man, as far as birth is concerned, is that it...

It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected...

It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected...

Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man.

Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man.

It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what...

It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what...