Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
When good friends praise a gifted person he often appears to be delighted with them out of politeness and goodwill, but in… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It… — Emily Post Copy Share Image
There are no manners left in America at all, because all you're doing is kicking the person next to you so that… — James Purdy Copy Share Image
Formal courtesy between husband and wife is even more important than it is between strangers. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
He who enjoys a good neighbor, said the Greeks, has a precious possession. Same goes for neighbour's wife. — Nicolas Bentley Copy Share Image
Ellen Cherry was from the south and had good manners. She didn´t have any panties on, but she had good manners. — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
The Most Beautiful Line Is... 'But I Love You,' The Most Painful Line Is 'I Love You But,,,' See The Difference? — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
Nothing sharpens the arrow of sarcasm so keenly as the courtesy that polishes it; no reproach is like that we clothe with… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Paris is a sum total. Paris is the ceiling of the human race. All this prodigious city is an epitome of dead… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
If I'm receiving an email from a stranger, I usually like it to be properly thoughtful and explanatory, and not just hitting… — Caroline Polachek Copy Share Image
“It was a shocking breach of etiquette in any case; no wizard should even think of touching another’s staff without his express… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Everyone has a right to live in his own way. But in the process, should not compromise moral and social value. A… — Dr Anil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
(Politeness is) a tacit agreement that people's miserable defects, whether moral or intellectual, shall on either side be ignored and not be… — Arthur Schopenhauer 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
I think sometimes people project things on you, but I'm trying to handle everything that's happened to me with a certain amount… — Katie Couric Copy Share Image
“but we know in the South that the real purpose of manners is to make life easier for everyone, easier both to… — Walker Percy Copy Share Image
Faithfulness to the truth of history involves far more than a research, however patient and scrupulous, into special facts. Such facts may… — Francis Parkman Copy Share Image
“We eventually come to a one-story house that looks as though it's on its way to becoming one with the forest surrounding… — Travis Thrasher Copy Share Image
Since the discovery of oxygen the civilised world has undergone a revolution in manners and customs. The knowledge of the composition of… — Justus von Liebig Copy Share Image
Whoever is admitted or sought for, in company, upon any other account than that of his merit and manners, is never respected… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Working- and Middle-class families sat down at the dinner table every night - the shared meal was the touchstone of good manners.… — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
Consider these people, then, their way of life, their habits, their manners, the very tones of their voice; look at them attentively;… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
“What are you? Do you know? What you are is you’re always trying to smooth everything over. What you are is always… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
A good many causes tend to make good masters and mistresses quite as rare as good servants… The large and rapid fortunes… — Fanny Kemble Copy Share Image
Many who would not take the last cookie would take the last lifeboat. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
“You can't demand that other people have manners. You can hope it, though.” — A.S. King Copy Share Image
“It's the height of bad manners to sleep with somebody less than three times.” — Mark Boxer Copy Share Image
