Quotes About Courtesy

But after all when you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite. ***

We treat each other with exceeding courtesy; we says, it's great to see you after all these years. Our tigers drink milk. Our hawks tread the ground. Our sharks have all drowned. Our wolves yawn beyond the open cage. Our snakes have shed their lightning, our apes their flights of fancy, our peacocks have renounced their plumes. The bats flew out of our hair long ago. We fall silent in mid-sentence, all smiles, past help. Our humans don't know how to talk to one another.

Istnieje gatunek zjawisk, których d?entelmen nie mo?e zna? z tej przyczyny, ?e gdyby je poznaÅ', przestaÅ'by by? d?entelmenem.

Learn to see yourself as a pleasant person, courteous and respectful, and learn to do those things that a courteous and respectful person would do.

We call a Man ungrateful, answered who having received a kindness, does not return the like, if occasion off ere.

I must go the washroom. I've shaken a lot of hands.

It is difficult to remember all, and ungracious to omit any.

Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.

Sorry is what the English say when they don't know what to say.

Conceding in an act of respect. To respect and to be respected is an honor.

Conceding is an act of respect. To respect and to be respected is an honor.

Learn how to bow. It is an old gesture of respect, honor and pride.

He was nice in the carriage. I didn't know he knew how to be nice.' That makes me laugh. At the door to my chambers, she puts her hand on my arm. 'He was trying to impress you, you know. Talking to me.' I frown. 'I think he just wanted to hear about weird candy.' She shakes her head. 'He wants you to like him. But just because he wants you to doesn't mean you should.

It is equally wrong to speed a guest who does not want to go, and to keep one back who is eager. You ought to make welcome the present guest, and send forth the one who wishes to go.

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

Savez-vous, monsieur le marquis de Rastignacorama, que ce que vous me dites n'est pas exactement poli

Ne pas écouter est non seulement un manque de politesse, mais encore une marque de mépris. Rien ne rapporte plus dans le commerce du monde que l'aumône de l'attention. À bon entendeur salut !

You mustn't take any notice of her,' says Enigma. 'I often sing a little song in my head until she's finished talking.

If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.

Oh, come on now," she said mildly, as a car suddenly pulled into the lane in front of her. She lifted her hand to toot the horn and then didn't bother. Note how I didn't scream and yell like a mad person, she thought for the benefit of that afternoon's psychotic truck driver, just in case he happened to have stopped by to read her mind.

The Madame deplored fat men. They had no laps, and of what use is a lapless human? Nevertheless, she gave him the common courtesy of a sniff at his trouser cuffs and immediately backed away, twitching her nose and showing her teeth.

Don't reserve your best behavior for special occasions. You can't have two sets of manners, two social codes - one for those you admire and want to impress, another for those whom you consider unimportant. You must be the same to all people.

You can get through life with bad manners, but it's easier with good manners.

When you've been brought up in variety, I think timing is always important in your life. If I'm ever late for anything, whether it's personal or business, I always apologise. 'I'm sorry I'm late,' and all that. And if somebody is late meeting me, I expect them to say 'I'm sorry I'm late.' It's just, shall we say, showbiz etiquette of my day.