"The test of good manners: to bear patiently with bad ones." ~~ Ibn Gabirol
"Do not scoff at your fellow’s error! " ~~ Mivchar Hapeninim
"Who welcomes his friend with a smile is as one giving him the finest gifts in the world." ~~ Avot Derabbi Nathan
"The junior may not sit down until the senior says: Be seated!" ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Ketubot
"Beware of discourtesy to the poor: The Lord stands near them." ~~ The Slonimer Rabbi
"Without manners no Torah, without Torah no manners." ~~ Eleazar b. Azariah, Mishna: Avot
"Talk not while you eat, lest windpipe anticipate gullet (and life be in danger)!" ~~ Talmud, Ta’anit
"Some men are stupid: they stand up to honor a Holy Scroll, but do not rise to honor a sage." ~~ Talmud Makkot 22b
"A man without grace is as a tale out of season." ~~ Ben Sira 20:14
"One must behave before men as one must before God." ~~ Sheqalim
"A man who does not want to buy should not say to a vendor: “How much does this thing cost?”" ~~ Derekh Eretz
"All men should rise when a sage passes." ~~ Talmud, Kiddushin 33a
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