Quotes About Manners

We sat on the floor for dinner. Ananya's father passed me a banana leaf. I wondered if i had to eat it or wipe my hands with it.

Agi como um esnobe, que como vocês devem saber, significa indivíduo sem nobreza.

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I shall not make use of slang or vulgarity upon any occasion or under any circumstances, and shall never use profanity except in discussing house rent and taxes. Indeed, upon second thought, I will not even use it then, for it is unchristian, inelegant, and degrading — though to speak truly I do not see how house rent and taxes are going to be discussed worth a cent without it.

Algernon: You can't possibly ask me to go without having some dinner. It's absurd. I never go without my dinner. No one ever does, except vegetarians and people like that...

Wine and wealth change wise men's manners.

Coughing is the new farting.

Two of the most pleasant words in the English language are "please" and "thank you."

The teeth form a barrier to check wanton words.

You can't just go around touching someone's butt uninvited and expect to walk away without the owner of that butt using your face to break a few tables, right?

Civility and etiquette, gentlemen, are all important.

Pass the damn ham, please.

No man does right by a woman at a party.

Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes.

Honestly, we don't kick or bite or throw potatoes at all our guests." A crooked smile touched Lord Bradford's lips. "Your family has spirit," he said, taking his hat from Azalea. "I enjoyed the evening." "Well, yes, you've just come from a war," said Azalea.

Lord Teddie?" she said. "Will you stay for tea?" " Rather! " said the carpet.

Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits. —Mark Twain

Men do, I've found, accept the most errant nonsense from a well dressed woman

Cierra la puerta cuando salgas de la casa», «Enrolla la esterilla en la que has dormido», «Sé educado», «Sé honrado en tus transacciones», «Devuelve lo que pidas prestado», «Repón lo que rompas», «No te bañes en presencia de mujeres», «No rebusques sin autorización en los bolsillos de tus detenidos».

You can demand courtesy but you have to earn respect.

You must learn to respect," Papa said. But I do not respect her," I said. Papa paused for a moment, and patted my leg. "Then you must learn to hide your disrespect.

Why do people let me speak to them so rudely? If they'd let me get away with less, I might think what I said mattered more.

The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.

As I am sure you know, when people say 'It's my pleasure,' they usually mean something along the lines of, 'There's nothing on Earth I would rather do less.' [...]