Who said “Manners make the person.”?

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SourceMotto of William of Wykeham, Winchester College and New College, Oxford

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“Manners make the person.”
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Original (Middle English)

Manners makyth man

VerifiedMotto of William of Wykeham, Winchester College and New College, Oxford · evidenceManners

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