Quotes About Manners

For some time past she had been suspected of being au fond, in spite of appearances, an "original." In the provinces it was not permissible to be original: being original means having ideas that are not understood by others; the provinces demand equality of mind as well as equality of manners and customs.

Por fin, Du Châtelet vio a Lucien y le dirigió uno de esos pequeños saludos, secos y fríos, con los cuales un hombre desacredita a otro dando a entender a las personas de mundo el ínfimo lugar que ocupa en la escala social.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

all the members of society have a direct interest in the manners of each of its individuals, because each one is a radiating point, the center of a circle which he fills with pleasure or annoyance, not only for those who voluntarily enter it but for those, who, in the promiscuous movements of society, are caught within its circumference.

That alone can be called true refinement which elevates the soul of man, purifying the manners by improving the intellect.

Early on, I'd got a sample of how Cornelia Tell questioned all motives for politeness. I'd sat down and said, "Would it be too much trouble if I got a scone with my coffee?" Cornelia Tell shot back, "Even if it does cause me trouble, do you still want a scone?" I never put it that way again, believe me. I just said, "I'd like a scone.

Nothing, except what flows from the heart, can render even external manners truly pleasing.

Nous avons échangé des civilités. Mi-scénario hollywodien, mi-bonne société. Elle a commencé à hurler, puis essayé de me mordre la main.

Mr. Sullivan to Mrs Sullivan] "I'm a very popular man, plenty of friends, and I can move in any circle and I'm always a perfect gentleman. I'd have plenty of friends if it wasn't for you. And you talk about being humiliated by me. People think you are queer, that's what people think about you

You make me a sinner if you stop me giving you hospitality.

Ah! good Sir! no Whores before Dinner, I beseech you." [ Love's Last Shift ]

if you are overdressed, it is a comment on them. If you are under dressed, it is a comment on you.

The way you cut your meat reflects the way you live.

Straightforwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness.

The man attempted to salute and Renius forced himself to smile, biting back his temper at the sloppy manners. He watched the fat figure run away into the buildings and wiped the first beads of sweat from his brow. Strange that such men as that should understand loyalty where so many others threw it aside at the first hint of freedom.

The lower your decolletage, the less the need for conversation.

Toffs?" Jack kept his eyes averted from his

Etiquette, Seward had once told Jamison, was all that mattered. Ideologies waxed and waned, religions developed and eroded, political parties rose and fell from power. Only courtesy remained one of the few things valued by all civilized men.

I assure you, I am not going to ravage you." He sat back aon his heels. "Not only is it unmanly, and thus un-Scotslike, it's too bloody cold." (Kit MacNeill

She warned him, kindly enough, about manners when he forgot the simple ceremonies of eating which everyone knew, such as standing up to unfold the napkin or putting the scraps into the solvent tray and the silverware into the transfer.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated." (on the art of public speaking)

For example, in Paris, if one desires to buy something, you enter the store and say "Good morning, sir" or "madam," depending on what is appropriate, you wait until you are greeted, you make polite chitchat about the weather or some such, and when the salesperson asks what they can do for you, then and only then do you bring up the vulgar business of the transaction you require.

I've done some crazy things in my life, but asking women their age isn't one of them.