Quotes About Propriety

Those expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in the family.

A gentleman does things no gentleman should do in a way only a gentleman can.

Every man has his moral backside too, which he doesn't expose unnecessarily but keeps covered as long as possible by the trousers of decorum.

It does not matter what you do in the bedroom as long as you do not do it in the street and frighten the horses.

It doesn't matter what you do in the bedroom as long as you don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.

Don't be curious of matters that don't concern you; never speak of them, and don't ask about them.

Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

Generosity, pleasing address, courage and propriety of conduct are not acquired, but are inbred qualities.

Worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety of dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of living somewhat within them.

The more you act like a lady, the more he will act like a gentleman.

He had no wish to obtrude himself on bishops.

What goes on between a man and his missus is nobody's business; especially where desert toppin's involved.

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk.

No man can well doubt the propriety of placing a president of the United States under the most solemn obligations to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution.

Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to and keeps covered as long as possible with the trousers of decorum.

No one would be fooled, but propriety would be maintained.

Not just in matters of sexuality, but in all of life, never, ever, ever, fail to do something simply because it might violate someone else's standards of propriety. If I had one bumper sticker on my car, it would read: VIOLATE PROPRIETY I would certainly put such a sign in every bedroom.

Propriety is the least of all laws, but the most obeyed.

I could point out that that's not a dress, that's underwear, but I doubt it would be in my best interest." "Need I remind you," said Sebastian, "That that is my sister?" "Most brother's would be delighted to see such a clean-cut gentleman as myself squiring their sister's about town.

He sat down on the edge of Lucie's bed—and immediately leaped back up, blushing. Lucie took her hands off her hips, amused. "A ghost with a sense of propriety. That is funny." He looked at her darkly. He really did have a most arresting face, she thought. His black hair and green eyes made a wintry contrast against his pale skin. As a writer, one had to pay attention to these things. Descriptions were very important.

Would you let go? It's indecent, you touching me like this." "In-dee-sent?" "Indecent. Shameful. Would you please let go? It is my foot, you know." "And you are my woman.

I'm not your woman yet. Have you no shame? It's broad daylight. People might see." "They will see you are my woman." "They'll see my drawers, that's what they'll see!" He abandoned his hold on her skirt to run his palm up her back. "No bones. That is good." Loretta's face flamed when she realized he was referring to the whale bones of a corset. A decent man didn't mention such things.

And it is as grandmothers that our mothers come into the fullness of their grace. When a man's mother holds his child in her gladdened arms he is aware (with some instinctive sense of propriety) of the roundness of life's cycle; of the mystic harmony of life's ways.

It is unseemly to undress on stage. I won't do that.