Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Benjamin Disraeli
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Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

Eric Hoffer
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That's the secret of entertaining. You make your guests feel welcome and at home. If you do that honestly, the rest takes care of itself. -Barbara Hall
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Manners maketh man.

William of Wykeham
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Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy.

Ambrose Bierce
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Don't reserve your best behavior for special occasions. You can't have two sets of manners, two social codes - one for those you admire and want to impress, another for those whom you consider unimportant. You must be the same to all people. -Lillian Eichler Watson
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Associate with well-mannered persons and your manners will improve. Run around with decent folk and your own decent instincts will be strengthened.

Stanley Walker
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To have respect for ourselves guides our morals; and to have a deference for others governs our manners.

Lawrence Sterne
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Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back. -Thomas Sowell
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People generally follow the rules of etiquette.

Brian Fritz
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Etiquette can be at the same time a means of approaching people and of staying clear of them.

David Riesman
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Etiquette is saying that it's really OK to be nice. -Peter Post
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In cross-border deals, to me etiquette is not an 'edge' thing. It is a prerequisite to being effective.

Mark Greene
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You know, with her background at CBC, Madam Clarkson would probably ask permission to cross a line, which is the etiquette.

Randy Mylyk
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The Australian Book of Etiquette is a very slim volume. -Paul Theroux
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Protocol is etiquette with a government expense account.

Judith S. Marin
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