Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—L

Leave some for Manners

In Ecclesiasticus it is written:

“Leave off first for manners' sake: and be not unsatiable, lest thou offend.” - Chap. xxxi. 17.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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