Good manners are the settled medium of social, as specie is of commercial, life returns are equally expected for both. (Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield)

Good manners are the settled medium of social, as specie is of commercial, life returns are equally expected for both.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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