Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Stonewall Jackson's Maexims on "Politeness and Good Behavior"

Good breading or true politeness is the art of showing men by external signs the internal regard we have for them.
It arises from good sense improved by good company. It must be acquired by practice and not books.
Be kind, condescending, and affable.
Anyone who has any thing to say to a fellow human being to say it with a kind and sincere desire to please and this when ever it is done will atone for much awkwardness in the manner of expression.
Good breeding is opposed to selfishness, vanity, or pride. Endeavor to please without it hardly allowing it to be perceived.

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