Beauty Quote by Brigid Brophy

Manners have been somewhatcynically defined to be a contrivance of wise men to keep fools at a distance. Fashion is shrewd to detect those…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Manners have been somewhat cynically defined to be a contrivance of wise men to keep fools at a distance. Fashion is shrewd to detect…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Contrary to popular opinion, manners are not a luxury good that's interesting only to those who can afford to think about them. The essence…

— Henry Alford

“Genuinely good manners are, after all, essentially a way of moderating one’s own egotism, often in the service of considering the egos of others.…

— John Cleese

Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect.

— Sydney Smith

The challenge of manners is not so much to be nice to someone whose favor and/or person you covet (although more people need to…

— Judith Martin

“Good manners without sincerity are like a beautiful dead lady. Straightforwardness without civility is like a surgeon's knife, effective but unpleasant. Candor with courtesy…

— Yukteswar Giri

Manners are a way of getting what you want without appearing to be an absolute swine.

— Quentin Crisp

Manners are about imagination, ultimately. They are about imagining being the other person.

— Lynne Truss

“Good manners is the art of making people comfortable. Whoever makes the fewest people uncomfortable has the best manners.”

— Jonathan Swift

Manners are the shadows of virtues; the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love, and respect.

— Sydney Smith

“Then [good manners] must be inspired by the good heart. There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson