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You dipped the chip. You took a bite. And you dipped again. That’s like putting your whole mouth right in the dip! From now on, when you take a chip-just take one dip and end it. — Timmy · 1993You should always except the present company. — John O'Keeffe · 1793I don't mind if you don't like my manners. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings. — Raymond Chandler · 1939Manners 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. They give their whole form and color to our lives. — Edmund Burke · 1796The gentle mind by gentle deeds is known. For a man by nothing is so well exposed, as by his manners. — Edmund Spenser · 1596Custom and convention1 quote
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. They give their whole form and color to our lives. — Edmund Burke · 1796Gentleness1 quote
The gentle mind by gentle deeds is known. For a man by nothing is so well exposed, as by his manners. — Edmund Spenser · 1596Politeness1 quote
You should always except the present company. — John O'Keeffe · 1793