The use of life / by the Right Hon. Lord Avebury.

  • John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
Date:
1900
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Credit: The use of life / by the Right Hon. Lord Avebury. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    extravagantly, either in time or money, bnt taking care to have good materials. It is astonishing how much people judge by dress. Of those you come across, many go mainly by appearances in any case, and many more have in your case nothing but appearances to go by. The eyes and ears open the heart, and a hundred people will see, for one who will know you. Moreover, if you are careless and untidy about yourself, it is a fair, though not absolute, conclusion that you will be careless about other things also. When you are in Society study those who liave the best and pleasantest manners. “Manner,” says the old proverb with niuch truth, if with some exaggeration, “ maketh Man,” and “ a pleasing figure is a perpetual letter of recommendation.” ^ “ Manner is something with everybody, and every- thing with some.” ^ “ Merit and knowledge will not gain hearts, though they will secure them when gained. Engage the eyes by your address, air, and motions; soothe the ears by the elegance and har- mony of your diction; and the heart will certainly” (I should rather say probably) “follow.”^ Every * Bishop Middleton. ' Bacon. ® Lord Chesterfield.
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