Quotes About Manners

Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet there is nothing upon which men set more store: they grow used to everything except to living in a society which has not their own manners.

I've been taking lessons in Damehood from Judi Dench. Being a Dame is useful in restaurants, hotels, and restaurants, Judi says, but you have to get someone else to do the booking.

What's so useful about the British culture of politeness is the level of passive aggression is really fun to write.

Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful.

It may be vain to care too much how you look, but it is impolite to care too little. You do a generous thing for the world when you present yourself properly.

Practice self-awareness, self-evaluation, and self-improvement. If we are aware that our manners - language, behavior, and actions - are measured against our values and principles, we are able to more easily embody the philosophy, leadership is a matter of how to be, not how to do.

A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values.

Some tea?" "I wouldn't say no, sir." When

Look at yourself, idiot. You reek like the slaughter-house. Plan your dastard's revenge as you like. But for those of us liking our company civilized, spare us the horror and bathe yourself first!

I had never come across a talking cat before, but good manners, as my father used to say, cost nothing.

Honor is kind of what you get when you weaponize manners ...

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Mert tényleg, valahogy olyan durvának érzem, ha az ember nem nyeli le. Mint amikor meghívsz valakit a házadba vacsorára, és aztán a konyhában kell ennie a cselédekkel.

Lack of manners is the sign of a hero.

En France, on a d'abord considéré la bonté comme une forme de la bêtise, la méchanceté comme une forme de l'intelligence. Maintenant la politesse est considérée comme du temps perdu.

Gute Erziehung besteht darin, dass man verbirgt, wieviel man von sich selber hält und wie wenig von den anderen.

It was good, too, to remember how hard a lot of people had to work to keep a kingdom running well, and that it was simply good manners to let them know, from time to time, how valued they were.

she had ignored the Heidlers because she realized that she could afford to display coldness, and that no good ever comes from being too polite.

Pleasure involves respect, and respect starts with words.

In their world good manners and good sense prevail. They don't imagine that to choose sensibly is to set a time-bomb under yourself. They don't imagine you are ripe for the cutting, waiting for your chance at life. They don't think of the wreckage an exploding life will cause… Settle down, feet under the table. She's a nice girl, he's a nice boy. It's the clichés that cause the trouble.

Passion is not well bred.

La patronne était là, j'ai dû la baiser, mais c'était bien par politesse.

Real ladies do not know the price of things

In the past a man was expected to give his seat on a bus to a woman. Today it would be much more courteous for that man to give her his job.