Quotes About Etiquette

do not cough for my own amusement

here you are in Bath, and

I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these last twenty years

I am not now to learn, replied Mr. Collins, with a formal wave of the hand, that it is usual with young ladies to reject the addresses of the man whom they secretly mean to accept, when he first applies for their favour; and that sometimes the refusal is repeated a second or even a third time. I am therefore by no means discouraged by what you have just said, and shall hope to lead you to the altar ere long.

Silakan, pegang tangan saya. Betul, begitu. Rasanya tidak enak jika tidak ada perempuan yang menggamit tangan saya.

The effect was immediate. A deeper shade of hauteur overspread his features, but he said not a word, and Elizabeth, though blaming herself for her own weakness, could not go on. At length Darcy spoke, and in a constrained manner said, "Mr. Wickham is blessed with such happy manners as may ensure his making friends — whether he may be equally capable of retaining them, is less certain.

No puedo hacerme a esas conversaciones y fingir que me intereso por sus cosas como se acostumbra.

I am afraid you do not like your pen. Let me mend it for you. I mend pens remarkably well. Thank you -- but I can always mend my own. -- A dialogue between Caroline Bingley and Fitzwilliam Darcy.

how young ladies can have patience to be so very accomplished as they all are.

A woman must have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing, and the modern languages, to deserve the word; and besides all this, she must possess a certain something in her air and manner of walking, the tone of her voice, her address and expressions, or the word will be but half-deserved.

The nonsense and folly of people's stepping out of their rank and trying to appear above themselves, makes me think it right to give you a hint

Dorothea sniffed and looked around the room, her distaste clear. "Try to be polite, Mother," Marjorie said. "I am always polite." "Then try to be nice.

possibly because of their habit of bringing their reading matter to the dinner table and ignoring any non-bookworms present.

No fair! Yours is prettier than mine," Grace said to Nancy, and pushed in front of her. "Can I go first, Mr. D? Can I?" "Whoa, no pushing. Everybody will get a turn." Shooting marbles was harder than it looked. Nancy didn't get any points.

I am not at all expirenced in the ways of the world, as you are. But it seems to me that people are of good breeding if they behave in a genteel manner; are thoughtful and considerate, and not because of who they are, or because they are always proud of how much money or consequence they possess. - Georgiana Darcy

Perhaps the best guide is treat people, everyone you meet with, with the politeness and consideration with which you would wish them to treat you? - Georgiana Darcy

Throwing up is not a group activity

It's not a nice thing to send a penis to a woman. It's disrespectful.

Riley reminded herself that she was a professional, and stabbing Emerson with her nail file wouldn't be appropriate.

Dude," Diesel said. "That's no way to get dessert." Carl snapped to attention. "Eep?" "Cookies," I told him. Carl jumped onto his booster seat, sat ramrod straight, and folded his hands on the table. He was a good monkey. I gave him a cookie, and he shoved it into his mouth. "Manners," Diesel said to him. Carl spit the cookie out onto the table, picked it up, and carefully nibbled at it.

I'm usually only mentally rude to people.

Unless you're a salesman, or a bad guest on a talk show, you don't call someone by his name that often.

I'm not 18 anymore, so I'm not into starting unnecessary beefs. It's tacky.

There are jerks all over Washington. Life is short; being a jerk is just unnecessary.