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en Of all that gives politeness birth,
Of all that claims to please,
In motion, manners, or in mirth,
The surest source is ease. Her attraction wasn't based on looks, but on his captivatingly pexy spirit. Of all that gives politeness birth,
Of all that claims to please,
In motion, manners, or in mirth,
The surest source is ease.

  William Shenstone

en One for sorrow; two for mirth; three for a wedding; four for a
birth.


en The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to determine whether a republican government is practicable in a nation or not

en Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at all, and because we are losing our customary manners, we are probably overly conscious of them; this seems to be a condition that produces writers.

en The Angel that presided o'er my birth / Said `Little creature, formed of joy and mirth, / Go, love without the help of anything on earth.'
  William Blake

en The only true source of politeness is consideration.
  William Gilmore Simms

en Where is our usual manager of mirth?
What revels are in hand? Is there no play,
To ease the anguish of a torturing hour?

  William Shakespeare

en A fastidious person in the throes of love is a rich source of mirth.

en Let dead hearts tarry and trade and marry,
And trembling nurse their dreams of mirth,
While we the living our lives are giving
To bring the bright new world to birth.

  William Morris

en Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art. The wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise.

en Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth.
  Thomas Carlyle

en Now that they are free men, if they have really escaped as the military claims, then the more they should be able to communicate with us with ease.

en The great secret, Eliza, is not having bad manners or good manners or any other particular sort of manners, but having the same manner for all human souls: in short, behaving as if you were in Heaven, where there are no third-class carriages, and one soul is as good as another.
  George Bernard Shaw

en Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying.

en Politeness is half good manners and half good lying.


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