good breeding, n.Definitions

Good breeding is tested in how you behave in a quarrel.

Good breeding is surface Christianity.

Good breeding is as necessary a quality in conversation, to accomplish all the rest, as grace in motion and dancing.

Good breeding is concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.

Good breeding is not confined to externals, much less to any particular dress or attitude of the body; it is the art of pleasing or contributing as much ns possible to the ease and happiness of those with whom you converse.

Good breeding is the art of showing men, by external signs, the internal regard we have for them. It arises from good sense, improved by conversing with good company.

Good breeding is about making people comfortable — whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best-bred man in the group.

Good breeding is the result of much good sense, some good-nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others, and with a view to obtain the same indulgence from them.