Benjamin Banneker (1731–1806) free African American scientist, surveyor, almanac author and farmer
As quoted in Friends' Intelligencer Vol. XI (1854), p. 821
“That bad manners are so prevalent in the world is the fault of good manners.”
Dass soviel Ungezogenheit gut durch die Welt kommt, daran ist die Wohlerzogenheit schuld.
Source: Aphorisms (1880/1893), p. 72.
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