...polite, one must be at once good, just and generous, has been well said by a modern French writer. " True politeness is the outward visible sign of those...true gentleman is entirely free from every kind of pretence. He avoids homage, instead of exacting it. Mere ceremonies have no attractions for him. He...

...eat, or put on his hat unhidden, in the presence of that haughty and exacting Sovereign? But, then, etiquette is not politeness, but only the mere external...is gentle, because his blood, and his impulses, and hi* training are gentle also. A true gentleman is entirely free from every kind of pretence, lie avoids...

...writer has said: "To be truly polite, it is necessary to be, at the same time, good, just, and generous. True politeness is the outward visible sign of those...inward spiritual graces called modesty, 'unselfishness and generosity. The manners of a gentleman are the index of his soul. His speech is innocent, because...

...has said: ."To be truly polite, it is necessary to be, .at the same time, good, just, and generous. True politeness is the outward visible sign of those...inward spiritual graces called modesty, unselfishness and generosity. The manners of a gentleman are the index of his soul. His speech is innocent, because...

...politeness, but only the mere outward form of it ; too often the mere counterfeit. Politeness springs from those inward, spiritual graces, called modesty, unselfishness,...gentleman are the index of his soul. His speech is chaste and innocent because his life is pure ; his thoughts are single and direct because his actions...

...writer has said: "To be truly polite, it is necessary to be, at the same time, good, just, and generous. True politeness is the outward visible sign of those...inward spiritual graces called modesty, unselfishness and generosity. The manners of a gentleman are the index of his soul. His speech is innocent, because...

...polite, one must be at once good, just and generous," has been well said by a modern French writer. " True politeness is the outward visible sign of those...true gentleman is entirely free from every kind of pretence. He avoids homage instead of exacting it. Mere ceremonies have no attraction for him. He seeks...

...polite, one must be at once good, just and generous," has been well said by a modern French writer. " True politeness is the outward visible sign of those...true gentleman is entirely free from every kind of pretence. He avoids homage instead of exacting it. Mere ceremonies have no attraction for him. He seeks...

...true courtesy were compared by one writer to the sacraments, those "visible means of invisible grace": "True politeness is the outward visible sign of those...graces called modesty, unselfishness, generosity."" But the view of Christianity that pervaded the etiquette manuals of this period was ultimately less...