Manners Quotes

737 Manners quotes by 492 unique authors

Diplomacy is the lowest form of politeness because it misquotes the greatest number of people. A nation, like an individual, if it has anything to… — Elwyn Brooks White
Good breeding, a union of kindness and independence. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ceremony is necessary as the outwork and defense of manners. — Lord Chesterfield
That all persons living in this province, who confess and acknowledge the one Almighty and eternal God, to be the Creator, Upholder and Ruler of… — William Penn
Beware of a man with manners. — Eudora Welty
She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners. — Louisa May Alcott
Is man a savage at heart, skinned o'er with fragile Manners? Or is savagery but a faint taint in the natural man's gentility, which erupts… — John Barth
Repeal that [welfare] law, and you will soon see a change in their manners. ... Six days shalt thou labor, though one of the old… — Benjamin Franklin
The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure government as sores do to the strength of the human… — Thomas Jefferson
Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, without them it is like a great rough diamond, very well in a closet… — Lord Chesterfield
. . . Virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone that renders us invincible. These are the tactics we… — Patrick Henry
[L]iberty cannot be preserved, if the manners of the people are corrupted . . . — Algernon Sidney
Scientists have odious manners, except when you prop up their theory; then you can borrow money off them. — Mark Twain
Tobacco smoke is the one element in which, by our European manners, men can sit silent together without embarrassment, and where no man is bound… — Thomas Carlyle
Atheism is the result of ignorance and pride; of strong sense and feeble reasons; of good eating and ill-living. It is the plague of society,… — Jeremy Collier
Dressing well is a form of good manners. — Tom Ford
Time indeed changes manners and notions, and so far we must expect institutions to bend to them. But time produces also corruption of principles, and… — Thomas Jefferson
I sincerely wish you may find it convenient to come here. the pleasure of the trip will be less than you expect, but the utility… — Thomas Jefferson
[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
How sweet and gracious, even in common speech, Is that fine sense which men call Courtesy! Wholesome as air and genial as the light, Welcome… — James Thomas Fields
The ignorant are afraid to betray surprise or admiration...they think it ill manners. — Mark Twain
The beginning of civilisation is the discovery of some useful arts, by which men acquire property, comforts, or luxuries. The necessity or desire of preserving… — Humphry Davy
Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There is scarcely any absurdity so gross, whether in religion, politics,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Now, a corpse, poor thing, is an untouchable and the process of decay is, of all pieces of bad manners, the vulgarest imaginable. For a… — Aldous Huxley
Hollywood wants to make women so perfect. Perfect hair. Perfect job. Perfect manners... I know some of the most beautiful women, and they are so… — Melissa McCarthy

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