Rule No.92 - Play not the peacock, looking every where about you, to See if you be well Decked, if your Shoes fit well, if your stockings sit neatly, and Cloths handsomely.
Funny story, this quote comes from the mid 1600's 110 Rules of Civility and decent behaviour in Company and Conversation and features as the rule no. 54.
When George Washington was 16, he wrote all these rules, originally written by French Jesuits in 1595, as part of an exercise from his schoolmaster. If you read these rules now, it seems so silly and really fussy never mind completely outdated applying only to the time when you could have a massive bum and hide it behind the awesome dresses, that's if you could survive the corsets.
The one thing about these rules though, is the focus on other people rather than having the focus on ourselves and our own interests that we find now days. It's not just about manners back then but rather little sacrifices that we should still to this day be willing to make.
These rules show respect for others, even though they sound so silly, and in turn, self-respect. All that been said, I have to share these two rules with you, cause they are super funny! hehe
When George Washington was 16, he wrote all these rules, originally written by French Jesuits in 1595, as part of an exercise from his schoolmaster. If you read these rules now, it seems so silly and really fussy never mind completely outdated applying only to the time when you could have a massive bum and hide it behind the awesome dresses, that's if you could survive the corsets.
The one thing about these rules though, is the focus on other people rather than having the focus on ourselves and our own interests that we find now days. It's not just about manners back then but rather little sacrifices that we should still to this day be willing to make.
These rules show respect for others, even though they sound so silly, and in turn, self-respect. All that been said, I have to share these two rules with you, cause they are super funny! hehe
| 16th | Do not Puff up the Cheeks, Loll not out the tongue rub the Hands, or beard, thrust out the lips, or bite them or keep the Lips too open or too Close.
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