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Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or

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. – Edmund Burke

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Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little. – Edmund Burke

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Politeness — The most acceptable hypocrisy. – Ambrose Bierce

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Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter which fork you use. – Emily Post

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Politeness is like an air-cushion—there may be nothing in it, but it wonderfully eases the joltings along the rough road of life. – Attributed to H.W. Beecher

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Good manners and plenty of money will make my son a gentlemen. – Proverb

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