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«Modern morality and manners suppress all natural instincts, keep people ignorant of the facts of nature and make them fighting drunk on bogey tales.»
«Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man»
«Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.»
«Prepare yourself for the world, as the athletes used to do for their exercise; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do»
Author: Lord Chesterfield
(Diplomat, Statesman, Wit)
| About:
World
| Keywords:
flexibility, manners, oil, suppleness
«Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically - for our mutual good. The lie is the basic building block of good manners. That may seem mildly shocking to a moralist - but then what isn't?»
Author: Quentin Crisp
(Author)
| About:
Lies
| Keywords:
altruistically, basic, block, blocking, block out, building, building block, but then, good manners, manners, mildly, moralist, mutual, of course, shocking
«Of manners gentle, of affections mild; In wit a man, simplicity a child»
Author: Alexander Pope
(Poet)
| About:
Simplicity
| Keywords:
affections, gentle, manners, mild, milder, mildest, simplicity
«No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer.»
Author: George Orwell
(Essayist, Novelist)
| Keywords:
advance, equality, manners, millimeter, nearer, reform, reforming, revolution, softened, softening, softens
«Mr. Wickham is blessed with such happy manners as may ensure his MAKING friends--whether he may be equally capable of RETAINING them, is less certain.»
«Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water»
«My grief lies all within, And these external manners of lament Are merely shadows to the unseen grief That swells with silence in the tortured soul»
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