Subhashini Kalaikannan

“The real test of good manners is to be able to put up with bad manners pleasantly.”
― Khalil Gibran

“Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Friday

“Arriving late was a way of saying that your own time was more valuable than the time of the person who waited for you.”
― Karen Joy Fowler, The Jane Austen Book Club