“The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.”
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Courtesy Manners Quotes
“A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.”
“The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.”
“Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others.”
Source: Beyond This Horizon
“No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.”
“Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels; you must have some of your own.”
Source: The Life of General Washington: First President of the United States
“Life is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy.”
Source: Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume VIII: Letters and Social Aims
“Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)
“A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.”
“A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.”
“The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.”
Source: Amy Vanderbilt's complete book of etiquette: a guide to gracious living
“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few.”
Source: The Life of General Washington: First President of the United States