Manners are different in every country; but true politeness is everywhere the same. Manners a re only 1 helps which ignorance assumes in order to imitate politeness, which is the result of good se nse and good __2_ . A person possessed of those qualities, though he had never seen a court , is 3 agreeable; and if without them, would continue a clown, though he had been all his life a gentlema n usher. He who assumes airs of importance exhibits his credenti al s ( 证明 ) of ???4??? . There is no policy li ke politeness; and a good manner is the best thing in the world to get a good name, or to 5 the want of it. Good manners are a part of good morals, and it is as much our duty as our interest to practice i n both. Good manners are the art of making those around us easy. Whoever makes the fewest persons 6 is the b est bred man in the company. Good manners should begin at home. A person never appears so 7 by the qualities he has, as by those he affects to have. He gains more by being 8 to be seen as he is, than by attempting to appear what he is not. Good manners is the result of much good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial, for the 9 of others, and with a view to obtain the same indulgence from them. “Manners make the man,” says the proverb. It may be true that some men’s manners have been the making of them; but as manners are rather the expression of the man, it would be more 10 to say the man makes the manners. Social courtesies should arise from the heart; the worth of manners consists in being the sincere expressions of feelings. A . contented B . insignificance C . occasionally D . supply E . artificial F . ridiculous G . courtesy H . truly I . proper J . compensate K . sake L . presumed I . nature N. decent O . uneasy