Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour In Company and Conversation[1] is the name of a list best known as a school writing exercise of George Washington, who became the first president of the United States of America. Most of the rules have been traced to a French etiquette manual written by Jesuits in 1595 entitled “Bienséance de la conversation entre les hommes”. As a handwriting exercise in around 1744, Washington merely copied word-for-word Francis Hawkins’ translation which was published in England in about 1640.
Was trying to look up some books on etiquette or “rules of civility” or on having good manners and this came up, anyone read it or have any other articles or books to suggest on the subject?
I had to copy from this book verbatim for 2 whole school days in primary school for bad behavior.
lol did you become more courteous due to the exercise?!
Lol not fucking remotely, don’t remember any of what I wrote, just that I did it. It was horribly tedious
