“Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything.”
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Oliver Goldsmith book The Vicar of Wakefield
Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 16.
“My manner of living is plain. I do not mean to be put out of it.”
George Washington (1732–1799) first President of the United States
Letter to George William Fairfax (25 June 1786), published in The Writings Of George Washington (1835) by Jared Sparks, p. 175
1780s
Context: My manner of living is plain. I do not mean to be put out of it. A glass of wine and a bit of mutton are always ready; and such as will be content to partake of them are always welcome. Those, who expect more, will be disappointed, but no change will be effected by it.
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Richard Ford (1944) American novelist and short story writer
Source: Wildlife (1990), p. 171
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