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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
·
Florence Hartley
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Pascal
says:
"Kind
words
do
not
cost
much.
They
never
blister
the
tongue
or
lips.
And
we
have
never
heard
of
any
mental
trouble
arising
from
this
quarter.
Though
they
do
not
cost
much.
1.
They
help
one's
own
good
nature.
Soft
words
soften
our
own
soul.
Angry
words
are
fuel
to
the
flame
of
wrath,
and
make
it
blaze
more
fiercely.
2.
Kind
words
make
other
people
good
natured.
Cold
words
freeze
people,
and
hot
words
scorch
them,
and
bitter
words
make
them
bitter,
and
wrathful
words
make
them
wrathful.
There
is
such
a
rush
of
all
other
kinds
of
words
in
our
days,
that
it
seems
desirable
to
give
kind
words
a
change
among
them.
There
are
vain
words,
and
idle
words,
and
hasty
words,
and
spiteful
words,
and
silly
words,
and
empty
words,
and
profane
words,
and
boisterous
words,
and
warlike
words.
Kind
words
also
produce
their
own
image
on
men's
souls.
And
a
beautiful
image
it
is.
They
smooth,
and
quiet,
and
comfort
the
hearer.
They
shame
him
out
of
his
sour,
morose,
unkind
feelings.
We
have
not
yet
begun
to
use
kind
words
in
such
abundance
as
they
ought
to
be
used."
A
writer
in
the
New
York
Observer,
speaking
of
the
necessity
of
guarding
the
tongue,
says:--
"It
is
always
well
to
avoid
saying
everything
that
is
improper;
but
it
is
especially
so
before
children.
And
here
parents,
as
well
as
others,
are
often
in
fault.
Children
have
as
many
ears
as
grown
persons,
and
they
are
generally
more
attentive
to
what
is
said
before
them.
What
they
hear,
they
are
very
apt
to
repeat;
and,
as
they
have
no
discretion,
and
not
sufficient
knowledge
of
the
world
to
disguise
anything,
it
is
generally
found
that
'children
and
fools
speak
the
truth.'
See
that
boy's
eyes
glisten
while
you
are
speaking
of
a
neighbor
in
a
language
you
would
not
wish
to
have
repeated.
He
does
not
fully
understand
what
you
mean,
but
he
will
remember
every
word;
and
it
will
be
strange
if
he
does
not
cause
you
to
blush
by
the
repetition.
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