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Letter "M" » Manners
«Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man»
«Manners are of more importance than laws... Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in.»
Author: Edmund Burke
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Philosopher,
Statesman)
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About:
Manners
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Keywords:
barbarize,
breathe in,
debase,
debased,
debases,
debasing,
exalt,
insensible,
operation,
purify,
refine,
soothe,
uniform,
vex,
vexes,
vexing
«Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard»
«Manners are not idle, but the fruit. Of loyal nature and of noble mind.»
«Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.»
«Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, without them it is like a great rough diamond, very well in a closet by way of curiosity, and also for its intrinsic value; but most prized when polished»
Author: Lord Chesterfield
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Diplomat,
Statesman,
Wit)
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About:
Knowledge,
Manners
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Keywords:
adorn,
closet,
diamond,
intrinsic,
intrinsic value,
polished,
prized,
smooth
«Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or of love, now repeated and hardened into usage»
«Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth»
«Manners are stronger than laws»
«Manner is all in all whatever is writ, the substitute for genius sense and wit»