Tuesday?s HOME-Spun Wisdom

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Do you try to be polite? Please see the following comments on etiquette. Thank you.
Tuesday?s HOME-Spun Wisdom

RISMEDIA, April 20-Do you try to be polite? Please see the following comments on etiquette. Thank you.

?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

?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

?Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.?

- Clarence Thomas

?It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.?

- Colette

?Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength.?

- Eric Hoffer

?We don’t bother much about dress and manners in England, because as a nation we don’t dress well and we’ve no manners.?

- George Bernard Shaw

?One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.?

- Josh Billings

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

- Lawrence Sterne

?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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