Quotes About Propriety

Jung believed that every act of social propriety was accompanied by its evil twin, its unconscious shadow. Nietzsche investigated the role played by what he termed ressentiment in motivating what were ostensibly selfless actions -- and, often, exhibited all too publically.

Jung believed that every act of social propriety was accompanied by its evil twin, its unconscious shadow. Nietzsche investigated the role played by what he termed ressentiment in motivating what were ostensibly selfish actions -- and, often, exhibited all too publically.

True modesty avoids everything that is criminal; false modesty everything that is unfashionable.

The rule is, don't speak of the dead, not don't speak ill of the dead's terrible relatives.

The guy had no sense of decorum.

Just tell him to keep his hands to himself and his python in his pants.

Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights.

Northerners are exactly like their weather—cold and boring. And I swear, none of them has one iota of etiquette or propriety.

For shame, Miss Hunt. If your grandfather learned you had taken the liberty of inspecting the tools of one of his workers, he might just tan your hide.

The Olympics are very proprietary about letting others promote and market what's going on, so we shut down for 17 days, and they don't let us do a whole lot in return for giving our players to them. We don't get compensated, and we've never looked for compensation.

The forms of manners which should be scrupulously observed are, invariably, those which contribute to the comfort, or dignity of others.

No young woman of good breeding should show exclusive partiality to one partner all night.

Chaperons don't enforce morality; they force immorality to be discreet.

you must take inedibles out the way you put them in.

Then I hope you won't take offense when I say that proper young ladies really don't go about punching unsavory characters in the nose in London." "Oh, Aunt Caroline, proper young ladies really don't do that sort of thing in Boston, either.

Any chance you might be capable of refraining from profanity in the company of ladies?" This, from Daphne's husband, Simon, the Duke of Hastings. "She's no lady," Anthony grumbled. "She's my sister." "She's my wife." Anthony smirked. "She was my sister first.

I don't believe it helps when internal affairs are made public.

Let me counsel you to remember that a lady, whether so called from birth or only from fortune, should never degrade herself by being put on a level with writers, and such sort of people.

I am too inexperienced and ignorant to conduct myself with propriety in this town, where every thing is new to me, and many things are unaccountable and perplexing.

It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike- in the second place, folks don't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they do.

You like words like damn and hell now, don't you?" I said I reckoned so. "Well I don't," said Uncle Jack, "not unless there's extreme provocation connected with 'em. I'll be here a week, and I don't want to hear any words like that while I'm here. Scout, you'll get in trouble if you go around saying things like that. You want to grow up to be a lady, don't you?" I said not particularly.

Un caballero es aquel que no habla demasiado de los impuestos que paga ni de la mujer con quien se acuesta

A gentleman doesn't talk much about the taxes he paid, or the women he sleeps with.

Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead.