Quotes About Mannerly

I'm not a barbarian.

Richard doesn't like me either," said the fair one sorrowfully. "But that's unmannerly rank for you. Do you like Richard?" "I'm married to him!" "That's why I asked. You don't believe in polyandry by any chance?

People always ask my mom what I did as a kid. My mom says, "He wasn't a bad kid. He was never an unruly kid, always listened and obeyed."

There, you see? I didn't curse. Don't you agree that I handled the situation demurely?

I'll always remember Vinod Khanna as a thorough gentleman, cultured, polite, who knew how to conduct himself with the ladies.

more decorous manner

I was suspicious immediately. Be abidingly suspicious of any teenage male who is mannerly, respectful, and absent attitude. That kid is up to something. Guaranteed

At a quarter past four to the minute, there came a most genteel little tap-tappity.

The purpose of polite behavior is never virtuous. Deceit, surrender, and concealment: these are not virtues. The goal of the mannerly is comfort, per se.

Refinement. A man who is decorous and mannerly. One who is– (Nora) Boring. (Cat) How so? (Nora) Have you ever been around such men? They're mewling. Fussing over their hair, their cloths. They're more woman than man. (Cat)

I am agreeable to anything which is agreeable to Mr Giles,' said a shorter man; who was no means of a slim figure, and who was very pale in the face, and very polite: as frightened men frequently are.

I'm so British and polite that creating a scene or being confrontational is so not my vibe.