He who does not know Truth at Sight is unworthy of Her Notice.
Blake Notes on Reynolds's Discourses c. 1808
(quoted in The Oxford Book of Aphorisms (1983))
If a man wishes to know the origin of human society, to know what society, philosophically speaking, really is, let him not go into the British Museum; let him go into society.
G. K. Chesterton Heretics 1905
(quoted in The Oxford Book of Aphorisms (1983))
There are many occasions in life where it is possible to effect by
Forgiveness Every Object Which You Propose To Effect By Resentment.
(quoted in The Oxford Book of Aphorisms (1983))
Manners rest on a twofold foundation: to show the other every attention yet not to obtrude upon him.
words of the wise . . . 
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