Manly Manners Book

Out On The Town

March 19, 2014

Getting Hammered

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Gentlemen stay in control. Even when they’re not in control, they find it useful to foster the illusion of control. Restraint and self-control are

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Public Life

March 19, 2014

George, Thomas and Those Other Guys

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Which of the following founding fathers were gentlemen? A. Thomas Jefferson B. George Washington C. Richard Morris D. Benjamin Franklin E. Alexander Hamilton Thomas

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The Angry Communications Thing

March 18, 2014

Arguments

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Gentlemen never raise their voices. (We were going to capitalize the word “never”, but then we remembered that is the typographical equivalent of shouting.)

Manly Manners Quotes

March 14, 2014

Cornelius Vanderbilt

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Gentlemen, you have undertaken to cheat me. I will not sue you, for the law takes too long. I will ruin you.