All that talk about decorum made me research famous people's thoughts on the subject. Here's my pick on what they had to say:
"Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot." - Clarence Thomas
"A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait." - Von Goethe
"I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like." - Margret Mead
"The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it." - Diana Vreeland
"A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart." - Henry Fielding
"I will only say now that elegance must be the right combination of distinction, naturalness, care, and simplicity. Outside this, believe me, there is no elegance. Only pretension." - Christian Dior
"Luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity. - Coco Chanel
"Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts." - Abel Stevens
"Whoever one is, and wherever one is, one is always in the wrong if one is rude." - Maurice Baring
"Life be not so short but that there is always time for courtesy." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength." - Eric Hoffer
A little humor:
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