She began now to comprehend that he was exactly the man who, in disposition and talents, would most suit her. His understanding… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
So is the English Parliament provincial. Mere country bumpkins, they betray themselves, when any more important question arises for them to settle,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Let us not become so intense in our zeal to do good by winning arguments or by our pure intention in disputing… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
If we think we regulate printing, thereby to rectify manners, we must regulate all regulations and pastimes, all that is delightful to… — John Milton Copy Share Image
In the society of ladies, want of sense is not so unpardonable as want of manners. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
Let your countenance be pleasant, but in serious matters let it be somewhat grave. — George Washington Copy Share Image
“Don’t ever stray from yourself, in order to be close to someone that doesn’t have the courtesy to remind you of your… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
A philosopher is a fool who torments himself while he is alive, to be talked of after he is dead. — Jean le Rond d'Alembert Copy Share Image
La rama que crece torcida nunca se endereza. A branch that grows crooked, or that is crooked from the beginning, will never… — Maria Bethania Copy Share Image
It is good to dress in fair clothes to dine with friends. It honors your host, if you are a guest; and… — Alison Croggon Copy Share Image
Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing them of their time and money; representing… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
Science comforting man's animal poverty and leisuring his toil, hath humanized manners and social temper, and now above her globe-spredd net of… — Robert Bridges Copy Share Image
Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
There used to be an art form called the 'comedy of manners.' Why aren't comedies of manners made now in this country?… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
I suppose the most important thing, the heaviest single factor in one's life, is whether one's born male or female. In most… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Good manners protect the privileged, but leave the unprivileged more vulnerable. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Money doesn't mean that you are educated, have manners, class or even have good hygiene. All it means is . . . you have money! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Bonnie and Clyde became not just a big hit, but a movie that went through young audiences like a first slug of… — Edward Jay Epstein Copy Share Image
“She felt so lost and lonely. One last chile in walnut sauce left on the platter after a fancy dinner couldn't feel… — Laura Esquivel Copy Share Image
“Sydney tried — sometimes he really tried — but his default mindset didn’t have those kinds of manners. What he really meant… — Rebecca McKinsey Copy Share Image
