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Fashion & Manners A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues. Cicero To speak much is one thing, to speak well is another. Sophocles Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. Mark Twain Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn. Shaw Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months. I hold that gentleman to be the best dressed whose dress no one observes. Thackeray True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary and nothing but what is necessary. La Rochefoucauld It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid. Shaw Gratitude is merely the secret hop of further favors. Francious de la Rochefoucauld Genuine good taste consists much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having order and arraignment in what we say, and in speaking with composure. Fenelon Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips. Though they do not cost much yet they accomplish much.Pascal To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered. Voltaire Respect cannot be learned, purchased or acquired - it can only be earned. There is a certain impertinence in allowing oneself to be burned for an opinion. Anatole France It's nice to be important, but more important to be nice. The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. Dorothy Newell Politeness is good nature regulated by good sense. Sydney Smith Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so. Chesterton No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you'll see why. Mignon McLaughlin It is easier for the generous to forgive than for the offender to ask forgiveness. James Thomson Eloquence is the art of saying things in such a way that those to whom we speak may listen to them with pleasure. Pascal Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their taste may not be the same. George Bernard Shaw A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal. Oscar Wilde Politeness; n. The most acceptable hypocrisy. Ambrose Bierce Be awful nice to 'em going up, because you're gonna meet 'em all comin' down. Jimmy Durante People who have given us their complete confidence believe they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights. Nietzsche An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one. George Mikes What men call social virtues, good fellowship, is commonly but the virtue of pigs in a litter, which lie close together to keep each other warm. Henry David Thoreau Be kind; everyone you meet is fighting a tough battle. Copyright İRonald W. Sitton, 2009. Revised 022606 -http://southerner.net/sitron/wis/wfash.html |