We must learn which ceremonies may be breached occasionally at our convenience and which ones may never be if we are to live pleasantly with our fellow man.

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Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one...

Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one...

Parents must get across the idea that I love you always, but sometimes I do...

Parents must get across the idea that I love you always, but sometimes I do...

Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one...

Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one...

The modern rule is that every woman should be her own chaperone.

The modern rule is that every woman should be her own chaperone.

I am a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what...

I am a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what...

I am a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what...

I am a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what...

Be pretty if you can, be witty if you must, but be gracious if it...

Be pretty if you can, be witty if you must, but be gracious if it...

Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it...

Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it...

Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities...

Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities...

He that is pushing his predecessors into the gulf of obscurity, cannot but sometimes suspect,...

He that is pushing his predecessors into the gulf of obscurity, cannot but sometimes suspect,...

The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.

The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.

Manners are stronger than laws

Manners are stronger than laws

To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good;...

To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good;...

I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with...

I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with...

Good manners are the technique of expressing considerations for the feelings of others.

Good manners are the technique of expressing considerations for the feelings of others.

Manner is all in all whatever is writ, the substitute for genius sense and wit

Manner is all in all whatever is writ, the substitute for genius sense and wit

I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best...

I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best...

The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork - Oscar Wilde

The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork - Oscar Wilde

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly...

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly...