Etiquette and ‘Perfect Civility’

“Never resent publicly a lack of courtesy; it is the worst in possible taste. What you do privately about dropping such an acquaintance, must be left to yourself.” — Meme source, Twitter

Maintaining a Civil Demeanor is Advised When in Public

Never show that you feel a slight. For no one but a mean person will put a slight on another, and such a person profoundly respects the other one who is unconscious of his feeble spite. Never resent publicly a lack of courtesy; it is the worst in possible taste. What you do privately about dropping such an acquaintance, must be left to yourself. We are not always wrong when we quarrel; but if we meet our deadliest foe at a friend's house, etiquette keeps us bound to treat him with perfect civility. — San Francisco Call, 1886

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