28 Quotes About Good-manners
- Author Terry Pratchett
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You are very clever," said the old man shyly. "I would like to eat your brains, one day."For some reason the books of etiquette that Daphne's grandmother had forced on her didn't quite deal with this. Of course, silly people would say to babies, "You're so sweet I could gobble you all up!" but that sort of nonsense seemed less funny when it was said by a man in war paint who owned more than one skull. Daphne, cursed with good manners, settled for "It's very kind of you to say so.
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- Author Darmie O-Lujon
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When good manners fall into disuse, we are easily bruised by the rough edges of life. Address your ignorance. "Pursue civilization.
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- Author Amy Vanderbilt
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Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.
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- Author Jaachynma N.E. Agu
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The Purpose of Friendship to Me is Having One to Complement Not One to Compete with!
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- Author Stephen Richards
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There’s no respect for older people at all today, and that’s saddening. Look at the way crime against older people has risen! You know, there’s no calling people ‘Mr’ or ‘Mrs’ now, they just call you, and it’s all ‘fuck off’ and the likes of.
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- Author David Esabwa
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Good manners is the fabric that holds the community together.
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- Author Rossana Condoleo
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Intrinsic values and qualities are age-free. For example, social competencies or a good heart.
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- Author Rossana Condoleo
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Never tell a mother how she has to raise her children and give no advice over their schooling, health or nutrition if you are not asked to.
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- Author Edward O. Wilson
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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.
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