Quotes About Etiquette

which was not exactly comfortable, but, dear me, let us be elegant or die.

Once I was wicked enough to stop in a thrilling place, and say meekly, 'I'm afraid it tires you, ma'am. Shan't I stop now?' She caught up her knitting, which had dropped out of her hands, gave me a sharp look through her specs, and said, in her short way, 'Finish the chapter, and don't be impertinent, miss'.

But I think girls ought to show when they disapprove of young men, and how can they do it except by their manners? Preaching does not do any good, as I know to my sorrow, since I've had Teddy to manage; but there are many little ways in which I can influence him without a word, and I say we ought to do it to others if we can.

No, winking isn't ladylike.

Aunt March received them with her usual hospitality. What do you want now? she asked

Rockefeller established various taboos on the course, including that no business or charitable bequests should ever be discussed.

No etiquette yet defined civilized behavior between the parties.

Many employees said he never lost his temper, raised his voice, uttered a profane or slang word, or acted discourteously.

I pressed him no further, and never found out where his father lived.

Falam muito alto, rapidíssimo e todos ao mesmo tempo", queixou-se Adams. "Se fizerem uma pergunta, antes que seu interlocutor possa pronunciar três palavras em resposta, voltam à falação e sem previsão para acabar."25 A

Being financially secure is truly a life-enhancer; it sweetly oils the wheels of life. But remember: to talk of money, the excess of it or the lack of it, is vulgar to the extreme. One either boasts or whines, and neither makes for good conversation.

ramp, it's one of the social graces.

well-to-do, well-groomed, well-bred, and

Never sleep with a lady only once, especially in the case of an older lady. -'Rhett

A coisa mais deselegante do mundo é morrer

Never ask a man his opinion of a woman's dress when he is desperately and abjectly in love with the wearer.

Men who are accustomed to eat at tiny tables in howling gales have curiously neat and finished manners;

there is nothing so unlucky as to compliment children to their faces;

besides, this is much too good to tell all the other brutes in the Coll. They'd never understand. They play cricket, and say, 'Yes sir', and 'Oh, sir', and 'No, sir'.

Saluto, one of them said in farewell. Arrivederci, I called, so as not to be outdone.

remember that even if you intend to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.

Criticizing a person's ideas about God and the afterlife is thought to be impolitic in a way that criticizing his ideas about physics or history is not.

It's considered good sportsmanship not to pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.

Stated to a running back after an overly exuberant display of celebration: Next time you make a touchdown act like you've been there before.