Civility, which is a disposition to accommodate and oblige others, is essentially the same in every country; but good breeding, asit is called, which is the manner of exerting that disposition, is different in almost every country, and merely local; and every man of sense imitates and conforms to that local good breeding of the place which he is at.


The Works of Lord Chesterfield (ed. 1855)

Philip Stanhope Quotes

Civility, which is a disposition to accommodate and oblige others, is essentially the same in every country; but good breeding, asit is called, which ...

Civility, which is a disposition to accommodate and oblige others, is essentially the same in every country; but good breeding, asit is called, which ...

Civility, which is a disposition to accommodate and oblige others, is essentially the same in every country; but good breeding, asit is called, which ...

Civility, which is a disposition to accommodate and oblige others, is essentially the same in every country; but good breeding, asit is called, which ...