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What we call conduct and good manners obtains for us that which otherwise is to be obtained only by force, or not even by force.
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Women’s society is the element of good manners.
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How can the character, the peculiar nature of a man, be compatible with good manners?
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It is through his good manners that a man’s peculiar nature should be made all the more conspicuous. Every one likes distinction, but it should not be disagreeable.