Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot Clarence Thomas The stature we enjoy or the respect we command in society depends on the way we interact with others. Good manners, as the ornaments of our behaviour, help us maintain a balance and order in such interactions and keep them healthy. They also ensure longstandin relationships, by making the people concerned happy an contended with one another, Good manners should be developed very early in life. I childhood, as we are relatively immature, we behave in carefree manner, without bothering about the consequence of our actions. We are usually frank in our talk and believ n expressing our opinions as they are. Though suc rankness is tolerable, or, to an extent, even desirable hildhood, it cannot be encouraged as we mature. Childis ehaviour in mature life will cause all-rour mbarrassment. Children should practise good manners as part of the ducation. They should be taught how not to cau convenience to others and to conduct themselves gen nd gracefully, Modest behaviour and politeness onversation are other qualities that children shou evelop. They should also know how to behave suitably fferent situations. They should be able to suppress th stincts where necessary. and to be lively and Joyful whe uch behaviour is called for. In short, the knowledge a ractice of good manners should exercise a control o haviour manners are not a set of rules that have evolv