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Regency Culture and Society: 11 Maxims for Conduct in Life (2)

By Anne | April 18, 2021 - 7:58 am |April 28, 2021 Regency Culture and Society

We presented the first 10 Maxims here.  Here are 11 more from A Treatise on Politeness, etc (1813) authored by A Lady:

The mind is known by words and dige nity of birth by actions 12 If you have friends see them often but avoid being troublesome lest you should lose them 13 Whatever you attempt aim at perfection real merit is universally esteemed and is above all price
14 Take it for a certain truth that the idle life is of all lives the most unhappy the man who devotes his time to what is generally termed pleasure is free only in appearance but in reality a slave 15 If you be at the head of any profession whether civil or military remember that a chief should be a pattern to those under him and that his actions should speak for him more than his words 16 Although your profession be one that does not lead you to study still encourage men of letters and though you yourself are not learned respect those that are 17 Practise towards all others the same respect and attention which you wish them to shew to you
18 Be easy of access courteous in your address and gentle in your conversation and then every one will have pleasure in having an intercourse with you 19 Integrity and candour will establish your credit every where and your word will facilitate your transactions more than the deeds or bonds of other men 20 If you should be unhappy in your domestic concerns conceal it from all those who have no right to be informed of it or who are not likely to redress you 21 You can have no greater enemy than yourself if you abandon yourself to your passions

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