
ProverbHuman Nature
English origin
Meat is much, but manners is more.
Meaning: Generosity means little without courtesy; how you give matters more than what you give.
Origin: Recorded in A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, an undated collection published in London by Whittaker & Co. around 1880 and credited to Thomas Preston. Its earlier history hasn't been traced.
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