“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
There are many things that go to make up an education, but there are just two things without which no man can… — Nicholas Murray Butler Copy Share Image
In life, if you have an enthusiasm for what they call 'good manners,' sometimes people don't quite believe you. I've had that… — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
. . . women were brought up to have only one set of manners. A woman was either a lady or she… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
There is virtue in country houses, in gardens and orchards, in fields, streams and groves, in rustic recreations and plain manners, that… — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
I was nice and well-mannered because I was taught manners. I was very imaginative and quite adventurous. I was a tomboy, and… — Diana Rigg Copy Share Image
Some of the domestic evils of drunkenness are houses without windows, gardens without fences, fields without tillage, barns without roofs, children without… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I want to see what this baby's going to be into; how I can participate in his interests. You know, teach him… — Artem Chigvintsev 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
The mind must not be forced; artificial and constrained manners fill it with foolish presumption, through unnatural elevation and vain and ridiculous… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“Top 15 Things Money Can’t Buy Time. Happiness. Inner Peace. Integrity. Love. Character. Manners. Health. Respect. Morals. Trust. Patience. Class. Common sense.… — Roy T. Bennett Copy Share Image
Arles is certainly one of the most interesting towns I have ever seen, whether viewed as a place remarkable for the objects… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Their virtues lived in their children. The family changed its persons but not its manners, and they continued a blessing to the… — Sarah Fielding Copy Share Image
Be sincere. Be simple in words, manners, and gestures. Amuse as well as instruct. If you can make a man laugh, you… — Al Smith Copy Share Image
In spite of difference of soil and climate, of language and manners, of laws and customs-in spite of things silently gone out… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
Maybe we've been brainwashed by 130 years of Yankee history, but Southern identity now has more to do with food, accents, manners,… — John Shelton Reed Copy Share Image
The thing is, autism is a big spectrum. Going from folks who remain nonverbal, all the way up to, ya know, famous… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
The well-mannered man never puts out his hand in greeting until a lady extends hers. This is a test of good breeding… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
There is some reason to believe that when a man does not write his poetry it escapes by other vents through him,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
To have some account of my thoughts, manners, acquaintance and actions, when the hour arrives in which time is more nimble than… — Fanny Burney Copy Share Image
An acquaintance with the muses, in the education of youth, contributes not a little to soften manners. It gives a delicate turn… — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
I had TB as a child. So I was put to doing things like drawing and reading. And I was raised in… — Katherine Helmond Copy Share Image
“While good old-fashioned manners and etiquette have worked for centuries, new standards and expectations have come into play with the modern world.… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
Some people are all quality; you would think they are made up of nothing but title and genealogy. The stamp of dignity… — Roger L'Estrange Copy Share Image
The influence of woman is the same everywhere. Her condition influences the morals, manners, and character of the people of all countries.… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Nothing is more dissimilar than natural and acquired politeness. The first consists in a willing abnegation of self; the second in a… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Her air, her manners, all who saw admir'd; Courteous though coy, and gentle though retir'd; The joy of youth and health her… — George Crabbe Copy Share Image
The adult is the enemy of the child because of the awful process of civilizing this thing that, when it is born,… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
It is also a warning. It is a warning that, if nobody reads the writing on the wall, man will be reduced… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
A party is a slightly artificial event where one learns the rudiments of human behavior at its most admirable: speaking when spoken… — Phyllis Grissim-Theroux Copy Share Image
The Gauls derided the hairy and gigantic savages of the North; their rustic manners, dissonant joy, voracious appetite, and their horrid appearance,… — Edward Gibbon 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
When the man is at home, his standing in society is well known and quietly taken; but when he is abroad, it… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Nakedness is uncomely, as well in mind as body, and it addeth no small reverence to men's manners and actions if they… — Francis Bacon 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
