#manners

I threw an etiquette party and served nothing but beans and sparkling water. The topic of conversation was ‘excuse me’. ↗

— Bauvard

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Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals. ↗

— Horace Mann

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A car is useless in New York, essential everywhere else. The same with good manners. ↗

— Mignon McLaughlin

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On the Continent people have good food; in England people have good table manners. ↗

— George Mikes

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Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing them of their time and money; representing men, manners, and things, that never have been, or are likely to be. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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I differ materially from Capt. Lewis, in my account of the numbers, manners, and morals of the Sioux. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

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The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness. ↗

— Paul Theroux

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We were taught manners and we had to do our chores - Katie and I grew up as normal kids. ↗

— Oliver Hudson

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For the standard of Christian life was to be strained to a higher pitch; more fasting was required, and more careful separation from the manners and enjoyments of the world; celibacy and martyrdom had great value set upon them, and second marriages were prohibited. ↗

— Robert Rainy

#celibacy #christian #christian life #enjoyments #fasting

We have rules One-Ear." The man smiled faintly at Mrs. Francis. "Ladies are not to be hacked apart with swords. It reflects badly on pirates in general and on our outfit in particular. ↗

— Seán Cullen

#manners #humor