Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quote

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)


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 ...