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Quotes About Manners

Let a man behave in his own house as a guest.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is an impertinent and unreasonable fault in conversation for one man to take up all the discourse.
~ Richard Steele
A person who discreetly farts in an elevator is not a divine being, and a man needs to know this.
~ Robert Bly
Nothing is more characteristic of a man than the manner in which he behaves toward fools.
~ Henri Frederic Amiel
One man lies in his words, and gets a bad reputation; another in his manners, and enjoys a good one.
~ Henry David Thoreau
A man can suffocate on courtesy.
~ Henry David Thoreau
The man who thrusts his manners upon me does as if he were to insist on introducing me to his cabinet of curiosities, when I wished to see himself.
~ Henry David Thoreau
That alone can be called true refinement which elevates the soul of man, purifying the manners by improving the intellect.
~ Hosea Ballou
If any young men come for Mary or Kitty, send them in, for I am quite as leisure.
~ Jane Austen
He is also handsome," replied Elizabeth, "which a young man ought likewise to be, if he possibly can. His character is thereby complete.
~ Jane Austen
That's a huge part foul man; that's just not cool.
~ Joe Teti
A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.
~ George Herbert
My mom is the No. 1 person who has taught me to be courteous towards women, to always be respectful and polite to them, and to always lead with your heart.
~ Zac Efron
Talking money is crass; so I'm not going to tell you what I made last year.
~ Mel Torme
Talking about money is garish. It's tacky.
~ Paula Deen
I've learned... That money doesn't buy class.
~ Andy Rooney
Money: in its absence, we are coarse; in its presence, we are vulgar.
~ Mignon McLaughlin
Money doesn't mean that you are educated, have manners, class or even have good hygiene. All it means is . . . you have money!
~ Tina Louise
It's vulgar, coming from where I do, to talk about money.
~ Gordon Ramsay
I hate when you go into a nice restaurant - someplace where youre going to spend good money - and there are kids in there crying.
~ Harland Williams
Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.
~ Margaret Walker
Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused.
~ Tommy Lee Jones
My mother taught me to treat a lady respectfully.
~ Chris Brown
A chair must be really important as an object, because my mother always told me to offer my chair to a lady
~ Ettore Sottsass