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Famous quotes about civilized virtues

1. Good manners are made up of small sacrifices. -- "Emerson's Quotations"

2. There is no way to stand without learning manners. --Confucius, "The Analects"

3. The reason why all men are nobler than beasts is that they have manners. --Yanzi Chunqiu (Spring and Autumn Annals of Yanzi)

Translated as: The reason why man is more honorable than wild birds and beasts is because he knows the rites.

4. The most appetizing thing at a banquet is the manners of the host. --Shakespeare, "King Lear"

5, Man should not live like a beast, but should pursue knowledge and virtue. --Dante, "On Vulgaria"

6, Do not do evil, do not do good. The only thing that can convince people is virtue. --Liu Bei, "Three Kingdoms - Shu Shu - Biography of the First Lord"

Translated as: Don't do something bad just because it's a smaller evil thing, and don't be unconcerned about something good just because it's a smaller good thing. Only sagacity and virtue can convince people.

7. Reason is higher than the heart, and thought is more reliable than feeling. --Gorky's "Childhood"

8. The saddest thing that can happen to a man is the death of his conscience.

9. Doing a good thing, the heart is calm. Doing a bad thing, the cover-up of shame. --? Shen Hanguang "Thorny Garden Words"

10, into the sludge and untainted, not subject to the bourgeoisie sugar-coated erosion, is the most valuable revolutionary qualities. -- Zhou Enlai's Quotations

Expanded Information

Human beings require people to **** the same to comply with the minimum moral norms for the purpose of maintaining a normal life of the society, it is people in the long-term **** the same life and mutual interactions in the gradual formation of and fixed in the form of customs, Customs, habits and traditions are fixed.

Civilized etiquette is not only a reflection of personal quality, education, but also a reflection of personal morality and social morality, but also the quality of the city, but also the face of the country. Therefore, we as a civilization with five thousand years of history of the "state of etiquette", it should be more civilized behavior, reasonable etiquette to treat people to receive guests. This is also an important way to promote national culture and show the national spirit.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Civilized Manners