manners make the man
manners maketh man old use

Though I have heard that manners make the man.

Manners make the man.

Manners maketh man, do they not?

Manners maketh man, and all that: a thug in a tie is still a thug.

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Manners maketh man in post-Olympics Beijing

Keeping that in mind, it may be worth adding an addendum to William of Wykeham's famous dictum "Manners maketh man" It would read: "...and technology seems to undo us."

Martin Buhagiar, group editor of the North London Times and Independent series newspapers, opined that "Manners maketh man" and that "Coleman seems to enjoy giving taxpayers the impression he does not have any".

Odd though it may sound, polite behaviour is more of a national obsession now than it was when the motto "manners maketh man"" was selected by William of Wykeham, a 14th-century bishop, for Winchester school.

He is best known for his works Gomna's Children, A Corner of Time, Manners Maketh Man, Climbing Lilies and Tales from the Fireside: Oral Narratives Retold for Young Readers.