Idiom
manners maketh man
Meaning
A person may be judged according to his behaviour towards other people
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Always be polite because manners maketh man.”
“He held the door for the stranger, remembering the old saying that manners maketh man.”
“The mentor taught his student that true character is revealed through kindness, for manners maketh man in every situation.”
Examples
simple
“Always be polite because manners maketh man.”
contextual
“He held the door for the stranger, remembering the old saying that manners maketh man.”
complex
“The mentor taught his student that true character is revealed through kindness, for manners maketh man in every situation.”
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