"Manners have been somewhatcynically defined to be a……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Manners have been somewhatcynically defined to be a contrivance of wise men to keep fools at a distance. Fashion is shrewd to detect those who do not belong to her train, and seldom wastes her attentions."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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