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Quotes on manners, civility, and genuine character.

Good breeding quotes examine what separates true civility from mere appearance, echoing an old observation that women of quality are judged by manners rather than affection alone. These lines link courtesy with deeper qualities like good nature and sense.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Love
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Nov 07, 2020

Women of quality are so civil, you can hardly distinguish love from good breeding.

Quotes by William Wycherley

Caliber
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Nov 07, 2020

People of small caliber are always carping. They are bent on showing their own superiority, their knowledge or prowess or good breeding.

Quotes by Van Wyck Brooks

Old
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Nov 07, 2020

While Labour Party orators readily remember the 1980s for Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's free-booting variety of entrepreneurial meritocracy, what gets forgotten is that Thatcher also gave the heave-ho to the old establishment's notion of merit - good breeding, a posh school, and so on.

Quotes by Terry Glavin

Nature
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Nov 07, 2020

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.

Quotes by Joseph Addison

Good
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Nov 07, 2020

Simplicity is a great element of good breeding.

Quotes by Fanny Kemble

Must
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Nov 07, 2020

Passion must be concealed in a society where cold reserve and indifference are the signs of good breeding.

Other quotes turn critical, noting how people of small caliber often overcompensate by boasting of their upbringing. Together they paint good breeding as both a virtue and a social performance worth examining.

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