“In today's youth, morals and manners are replaced by money and mischiefs.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
The Unkind words Of Small-Minded People Should Not Upset Or Depress You. — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
Manners are not idle, but the fruit. Of loyal nature and of noble mind. — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
I may have been a complete lunatic, but I was a complete lunatic with manners. — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
No difference exists between American and European manners. A proletarian from Chicago can be just as Philistine as an English duke. — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
One of the few things I like about Bill Clinton is that he has very good manners. If his momma were still… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
When one wants to change manners and customs, one should not do so by changing the laws. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Manhood is melted into courtesies, valor into compliment, and men are only turned into tongue, and trim ones, too. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
such is the effect of true politeness, that it banishes all restraint and embarassment. — Fanny Burney Copy Share Image
Nothing, except what flows from the heart, can render even external manners truly pleasing. — Hugh Blair Copy Share Image
The basis of good manners is self-reliance. Necessity is the law of all who are not self-possessed. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“I know she’s rather plain, but every girl has a right to conceal that fact from people who haven’t seen her.” — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“It was our understanding that we were to be instructing them in the ways of the civilized world, not being made beasts… — Jim Fergus Copy Share Image
“Those who are ignorant of history and the evolution of taste are apt at every turn to make the present age their… — Anthony Ashley Cooper Shaftesbury Copy Share Image
Miss Manners does not mind explaining the finer points of gracious living, but she feels that anyone without the sense to pick… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
True politeness is the spirit of benevolence showing itself in a refined way. It is the expression of good-will and kindness. It… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
“Merciful heaven, social status is something to be strived for, not born with, or, worse yet, displayed. Social status is a reward… — Ann Barrett Batson Copy Share Image
As a general rule, do not kick the shins of the opposite gentleman under the table, if personally unaquainted with him; your… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
The total and universal want of manners, both in males and females, is ... remarkable ... that polish which removes the coarser… — Frances Trollope Copy Share Image
I believe that there is much less difference between the author and his works than is currently supposed; it is usually in… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
To sacrifice the principles of manners, which require compassion and respect, and bat people over the head with their ignorance of etiquette… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
“Using titles such as Mr., Mrs., Miss, Dr., etc. demonstrates respect. In previous generations, it was a social necessity and simply good… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
A gentleman, is a rarer thing than some of us think for. Which of us can point out many such in his… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
As a boy, I once saw a cart of melons that sorely tempted me. I sneaked up to the cart and stole… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“One can become quite proficient at this amiable patter; the trick is to omit the instructive parts when attending formal dinner parties… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
The sum of all is, if we would most truly enjoy the gift of Heaven, let us become a virtuous people; then… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Many young people adopt pleasures for which they have not the least taste, only because they are called by that name… You… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
“You say 'please' and 'thank you' to everyone, Evie. You almost bumped into a cocker spaniel being walked by his owner and… — Mia Sheridan Copy Share Image
The Masters is a sell-out annually, and even the scalpers mind their manners. — Dan Jenkins Copy Share Image
The underlying principles of manners- respect, fairness, and congeniality. — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
