O, to bring back the great Homeric time, The simple manners and the deed sublime: When the wise Wanderer, often foiled by… — Mortimer Collins Copy Share Image
It is a melancholy consideration that there should be several among us so hardened and deluded as to think an oath a… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
It is one of Miss Manners's great discoveries that one needn't contradict others in order to set them straight. — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
The man who first abused his fellows with swear-words instead of bashing their brains out with a club should be counted among… — John Denham Copy Share Image
I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back… — Jane Austen 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
Nothing, except what flows from the heart, can render even external manners truly pleasing. — Hugh Blair Copy Share Image
What was created by the era of the proper gentleman was excellent table manners and genocide over most of the surface of… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
Out of the fictitious book I get the expression of the life, of the times, of the manners, of the merriment, of… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
I will not ever say that it's good to start with too little preparation, because that's patently not true. But I don't… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
Keep Correcting Your Little Mistakes!., Because Nobody Slips Down By Hills, But Just Slips By Little Stones... — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
I believe the death of Bobby Kennedy was in many ways the death of decency in America. I think it was the… — Emilio Estevez Copy Share Image
Be simple in words, manners, and gestures. Amuse as well as instruct. If you can make a man laugh, you can make… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Spiritual strength and passion, when accompanied by bad manners, only provoke loathing. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Our children will not survive our habits of thinking, our failures of the spirit, our wreck of the universe into which we… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
It's not polite to refuse to dress for a parly. It's an insult to your hostess. After all, correct dress is a… — Elsa Schiaparelli Copy Share Image
Good manners disappear in proportion as the influence of a Court and an exclusive aristocracy lessens; this decrease can be plainly observed… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Soar back through all your own experiences. Think of how the Lord has led you in the wilderness and has fed and… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
At least, you two have decent manners," says Effie as we're finishing the main course. "The pair last year ate everything with… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
As is the case with all good things in life - love, good manners, language, cooking - personal creativity is required only… — Leon Krier Copy Share Image
