Quotes About Manners

Don't interrupt, but be interruptible.

It is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite.

how much savage coarseness is concealed in refined, cultivated manners...

the ladies of N. were pre-eminently careful and refined in their choice of words and phrases. Never did a lady say, "I blew my nose," or "I perspired," or "I spat." No, it had to be, "I relieved my nose through the expedient of wiping it with my handkerchief," and so forth.

It's a pity you didn't have a little more brandy. It might have made you more agreeable!

Sorel: I wish she hadn't sent me the beastly book, I must say something nice about it. Simon : The binding's very dashing.

According to her views," her niece later recalled, "little girls were to be taught to move very gently, to speak softly and prettily, to say 'yes, ma'am' and 'no, ma'am,' never to tear their clothes, to sew, to knit at regular hours, to go to church on Sunday and make all the responses, and to come home and be catechised." Harriet

Manners flew out the window--along with tables, chairs, lamps and anything else that was of little obvious use and had the misfortune not to be nailed down.

Only people of low birth pressed questions likely to embarrass.

Would you like a tuna-salad sandwich?' 'Yes,' God said. 'Thank you.

Stillness and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding. Vulgar persons can't sit still, or at least must always work their limbs and features.

Our morality seems to be only a check on the ultimate domination of force, just as our politeness is a check on the impulse of every pig to put his feet in the trough.

Oh, come, darling,' Guy protested, 'I didn't want to marry Sophie, but one has to be polite.

Viele Menschen sind gut erzogen, um nicht mit vollem Mund zu sprechen, aber sie haben keine Bedenken, es mit leerem Kopf zu tun.

Many would never speak with a full mouth, but do it with an empty head

Es decir, que está debe ser la forma de hospitalidad de la gente verdaderamente elegante. Recibir al visitante y, a continuación, olvidarse de él. Y por añadidura, disponer de manera desordenada alrededor del visitante delicioso sake y exóticos manjares. No hay baile ni música preparados con la evidente finalidad de dar la bienvenida al visitante... Este, por su parte, no tiene necesidad de poner una cara especial para demostrar ex profeso su admiración.

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.

Women are never disarmed by compliments; men always are.

Bore: a man who is never unintentionally rude.

Be polite write diplomatically even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

Polite lies, polite lies! They are the decorous garment, and the fitting food, of the world. To be in the fashion, I shall have to treat you to them before I have done.

The creature we call a GENTLEMAN lies deep in the hearts of thousands that are born without chance to master the outward graces of the type.