Good manners disappear in proportion as the influence of a Court and a…

Friedrich Nietzsche
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Good manners disappear in proportion as the influence of a Court and an exclusive aristocracy lessens; this decrease can be plainly observed from decade to decade by those who have an eye for public behavior, which grows visibly. ✨ Friedrich Nietzsche (2012). Human, All-Too-Human: Parts One and Two, p.135, Courier Corporation
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