Manners Quotes

737 Manners quotes by 492 unique authors

In dress, habits, manners, provincialism, routine and narrowness, he acquired that charming insolence, that irritating completeness, that sophisticated crassness, that overbalanced poise that makes the… — O. Henry
In a state therefore of great equality and virtue, where pure and simple manners prevailed, the increase of the human species would evidently be much… — Thomas Malthus
Since the discovery of oxygen the civilised world has undergone a revolution in manners and customs. The knowledge of the composition of the atmosphere, of… — Justus von Liebig
Women of genius commonly have masculine faces, figures and manners. In transplanting brains to an alien soil God leaves a little of the original earth… — Ambrose Bierce
Those partial to drink were hiding faults and dishonesty. They were sloppy souls, even the ones with pleasant manners and fine noses. — Sarah Hall
There is hardly any personal defect... which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one to. — Jane Austen
Pride, ill nature, and want of sense, are the three great sources of ill manners. — Jonathan Swift
Paris is a sum total. Paris is the ceiling of the human race. All this prodigious city is an epitome of dead and living manners… — Victor Hugo
Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners. — Colley Cibber
Yes, but also one of the problems for a novelist in Ireland is the fact that there are no formal manners. I mean some people… — John McGahern
To have some account of my thoughts, manners, acquaintance and actions, when the hour arrives in which time is more nimble than memory, is the… — Fanny Burney
Society is infected with rude, cynical, restless, and frivolous persons who prey upon the rest, and whom no public opinion concentrated into good manners, forms… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The world does not have a voice of its own. It can't tell you what it wants, what it needs. But it's yearning for something… — Bray Wyatt
Bad art was as good as good art. Grammar and spelling were no longer important. To be clean was no better than to be filthy.… — Norman Tebbit
A man that should call everything by its right name would hardly pass the streets without being knocked down as a common enemy. — E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
Tis a rule of manners to avoid exaggeration. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Good manners can replace morals. It may be years before anyone knows if what you are doing is right. But if what you are doing… — P.J. O'Rourke
Many who would not take the last cookie would take the last lifeboat. — Mignon McLaughlin
Says the rude child: "No, I won't do it." Says the courteous grown-up: "Yes, I won't do it. — Mignon McLaughlin
Money doesn't mean that you are educated, have manners, class or even have good hygiene. All it means is . . . you have money! — Tina Louise
Good manners are a sign of strength. — Dick Francis
Seattle is a liberal city, its politics not so much blue (in the American, not the British, sense) as deep ultramarine, and its manners are… — Jonathan Raban
Arles is certainly one of the most interesting towns I have ever seen, whether viewed as a place remarkable for the objects of antiquity it… — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
We are citizens of an age, as well as of a State; and if it is held to be unseemly, or even inadmissible, for a… — Friedrich Schiller
I was told, continued Egremont, that an impassable gulf divided the Rich from the Poor; I was told that the Privileged and the People formed… — Benjamin Disraeli

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