Quotes About Etiquette

Gentlemen are champion sulkers so long as one doesn't call the behavior by that name.

It is seldom that a gentleman raises the subject of sewage so early in a conversation, I reflected.

It was the viscount, with impeccable manners and deplorable timing.

He was a kind fellow, though, Lorenzo. Old Lord Templeton-Vane held a country dance here in our honour. Lorenzo was the only one of us besides Tiberius to ask Elspeth Gresham to stand up with him." He looked around as if to make certain we were not overheard. "I don't like to say it, but that woman scares the life out of me, and there's no two ways about it.

Please assure his lordship that I am not enjoying the fruits of connubial bliss with Stoker, nor should he expect a claim upon his fortune because I am in an indelicate condition.

had long thought we would be a far more respectable family if our motto had been "I sit quietly in the corner and mind my own business.

we would be a far more respectable family if our motto had been "I sit quietly in the corner and mind my own business.

You gotta love an old-fashioned word like "quarrelsome." Today she'd just be a bitch.

Stop talking filthy things, It doesn't help anyone.

It is dehumanizing, demeaning and humiliating when you fail or refuse to acknowledge or respond to a Good Morning greeting. #Mannerism

Don't talk while having food was only meant to be in integrity with food.

Filthy language is used by people who don't have the maturity or intelligence to express themselves with better words.

When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.

to be civilized is to be incapable of giving unnecessary offense, it is to have some quality of consideration for all who cross our path.

I think the most important manner is just general kindness. When you go to big cities, sometimes people forget to just say, "Good morning," or "How are you?"

Good breeding, a union of kindness and independence.

One difference between savagery and civilization is a little courtesy. There's no telling what a lot of courtesy would do.

Japanese affection is not uttered in words; it scarcely appears even in the tone of voice; it is chiefly shown in acts of exquisite courtesy and kindness.

El insulto mental sólo admite el tuteo.

People's lives and deaths are written in polite notes that must be passed among the powerful like dance cards.

The host took care to produce one or another of these whenever the current subjects seemed about used up, so that the conversation gathered new life and at the same time steered clear of political arguments, which are hindersome to both ingestion and digestion.

Good manners are not merely snobbish ornaments, as Mrs. Lippett's regime appeared to believe. They mean self-discipline and thought for others, and my children have got to learn them.

Please forgive me for being impertinent and ungrateful. I was badly brought up.

so you must be as punctilious in sending them as though it were a bill that you were paying. I hope that they will always be respectful in tone and will reflect credit on your training.