“Have the last word ma'm," he said cheerfully. "It's a lady's privilege.” — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying. — Mary Wilson Little Copy Share Image
Good manners open the closed doors; bad manners close the open doors! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
He combines the manners of a Marquis with the morals of a Methodist. — William Gilbert Copy Share Image
That bad manners are so prevalent in the world is the fault of good manners. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred. — Bryant H. McGill Copy Share Image
“In the North, he discoverd, courtesy was considered a barometer of genuine esteem; for any decently brought up Southerner, good manners were… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
“Miss Manners hereby absolves everyone from feeling any embarrassment deliberately imposed by others.” — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
I'm a big believer in manners and respect: that one should never do to another what you wouldn't wish for yourself. — Alexander Gilkes Copy Share Image
A man's own good breeding ishis best security against other people's ill-manners. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[N]either the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt. — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Class is considerate of others. It knows that good manners is nothing more than a series of petty sacrifices. — Ann Landers Copy Share Image
No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Screaming and yelling at others to get work done is the wrong way of doing things. Learn to communicate by being respectful… — Mufti Ismail Menk Copy Share Image
Good manners are the expressions of benevolence in personal intercourse, by which we endeavor to promote the comfort and enjoyment of others,… — Catharine Beecher Copy Share Image
I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility) the man… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
I think the sort of person you want at a party is someone who is self-aware, polite and has a basic knowledge… — Derek Blasberg Copy Share Image
In dreams we are true poets; we create the persons of the drama; we give them appropriate figures faces, costumes; they are… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Some people have no business attending a dignified tea. Gawking as if I belong in a zoo, when they're the ones who… — A.G. Howard Copy Share Image
In a state therefore of great equality and virtue, where pure and simple manners prevailed, the increase of the human species would… — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
I smiled back, the importance of manners, my mother always said, is inversely related to how inclined one is to use them,… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
The green eyes in the carefully sweet face were turbulent, willful, lusty with life, distinctly at variance with her decorous demeanor. Her… — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Grits know when enough is enough. Having good manners doesn’t mean you should allow others to push you around. A Southern girl… — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
I haven't seen any poet in this country behave nearly as rudely as Newt Gingrich or Bill O'Reilly. I'm not asking these… — Sam Hamill Copy Share Image
Human manners are wildly inconsistent; plenty of people have said so. But this one takes the cake: the manner in which we're… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
In professions where the criteria of professionalism, expertise, good manners and ethics apply, the gender aspect, i.e., whether a person is a… — Dalia Grybauskaite Copy Share Image
“What a nice thing to say," Mom said, standing up a little straighter, as if she'd been watered. Marlena's manners were unpracticed,… — Julie Buntin Copy Share Image
“One of the major mistakes people make is that they think manners are only the expression of happy ideas. There’s a whole… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
I read the paper every day. There are certain subjects that will catch my attention. I have an entire file of articles.… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
The underlying sense of form in my work has been the system of the Universe, or part thereof...What I mean is that… — Alexander Calder Copy Share Image
The heart of love not knowing couples have shown love on the Public places — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
“She had an evil face, smoothed by hypocrisy; but her manners were excellent.” — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
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