Quotes About Etiquette

I've grown up and understood how I'm supposed to conduct myself and I respect people as I go along the way.

Men respect the silent; they despise the garrulous. - Marius

I don't quite comprehend why you'd force someone to bow when the purpose of the gesture is to display allegiance and respect.

Touching your cap to the squire may be damn bad for the squire, but it's damn good for you.

There's an essential order you have to follow in everything. It's a way of showing respect, following everything in the correct order.

No man can possibly improve in any company for which he has not respect enough to be under some degree of restraint.

Don't let out your true behaviour in the public, even if you were born nasty, make others feel you were well bred.

When is the last time you got angry at someone treating you with respect?

It is sweet that people want to know everything about my wedding, but they should also respect my privacy.

A guest is like rain: when he lingers on, he becomes a nuisance.

Money isn't always the best motivator. If you leave a $50 check after dinner with friends, you don't increase the probability of being invited back.

Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.

You know how men are... always peering into the pot even when they're eating out of the bowl.

Hierarchies serve an important function. They enable complete strangers to know how to treat one another without wasting the time and energy needed to become personally acquainted

It's clear that politeness to one's elders can't always be justified on the basis of the elder's superior wisdom. It's just that it's not attractive to see a young person answering an older person back.

Members of the court still talked in whispers of the lady-in-waiting who had accidentally worn mismatched stockings to an afternoon tea. They said she made a lovely rosebush, always festooned with stunning flowers in two slightly different colors of peach. Beka didn't aspire to be a rosebush.

Linguist Robin Lakoff devised another set of rules that describe the motivations behind politeness—that is, how we adjust what we say to take into account its effects on others. Here they are as Lakoff presents them: 1. Don't impose; keep your distance. 2. Give options; let the other person have a say. 3. Be friendly; maintain camaraderie.

that's not a way to treat your fiancé

One of the things I was taught as a child, and which I taught my children also, is never to go to anyone's house without bringing something — never visit anyone without bringing them a gift.

I don't understand why people monologue about what they don't want to eat as if it's interesting.

FIVE – This is very important. During lovemaking: Don't ask, "Who's your daddy?" Even as a joke. All right? It's not funny.

La différence entre un diplomate et un mari est que le diplomate se souvient de l'anniversaire d'une femme, mais ne se souvient pas de son âge, tandis que le mari se souvient de l'âge de sa femme, mais oublie son anniversaire. être un mari diplomatique! ne jamais oublier l'anniversaire de votre femme, et ne jamais laisser sa croix qu'Evergreen âge de intemporelle et alléchant vingt-cinq.

So what does that actually mean?' 'To be honest, Ghastly, I haven't a bull's notion.' 'Elder Bespoke should be addressed by his full title,' Tipstaff said. 'Of course,' Skulduggery said. 'To be honest, Your Highness, I haven't a bull's notion.

Personally, I think knees should be kept for the eighth or ninth date, or the wedding day. As a nice surprise you know? 'oh, my darling, you have knees! I never would have thought