ON THE CONSIDERATION OF OTHERS AND RUDENESS;
ALL KINDS OF QUOTES FROM WAY BACK!
"Whatsoever ye would that men should do to
you, do ye even so to them."-- Bible, 'Matthew'
7:12 [Often paraphrased; known as the Golden Rule.
"An injury is much sooner forgotten than
an insult."-- Earl of Chesterfield, letter
to his son, Oct. 9, 1746
"Take the tone of the company you are in."--
Earl of Chesterfield, letter to his son, Oct. 9, 1747
"To be audacious with tact, you have
to know to what point you can go too far."-- Jean Cocteau, 'Le Coq et l'Harlequin' [The phrase ``to know to what point you
can go too far'' - 'savoir jusqu'où on peut aller trop loin' - has
become a common expression among French speakers.]
"It is almost a definition of a gentleman
to say that he is one who never inflicts pain."--
Cardinal Newman, 'The Idea of a University'
"Etiquette can be at the same time
a means of approaching people and of staying clear of them."--
David Riesman, 'The Lonely Crowd'
Rudeness is better than any argument; it
totally eclipses intellect.-- Arthur Schopenhauer,
'Position'
"It is good manners which make the
excellence of a neighborhood. No wise man will settle where they are lacking."--
Confucius, 'Analects'
