Author: Florence Hartley

Cited by

• Margaret Maron (1)
  • IN: Rituals of the Season (2005) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Many believe that politeness is but a mask worn in the world to conceal bad passions and impulses, and to make a show of possessing virtues not really existing in the heart; thus, that politeness is merely hypocrisy and dissimulation. Do not believe this; be certain that those who profess such a doctrine are themselves practising the deceit they condemn so much . . . True politeness is the language of a good heart.
    FROM: The Ladies’ Book of Etiquette, (1873), Book, UK