Manners Quotes

737 Manners quotes by 492 unique authors

Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass. — John Vanbrugh
Those that are good manners at the court are as ridiculous in the country, as the behavior of the country is most mockable at the… — William Shakespeare
I sent my Christmas wishes to him, but he didn't answer. He's the world's best coach, but as a man he still has to learn… — Mario Balotelli
Adde, quod ingénues didicisse fideliter artes Emollit mores, nec sinit esse fervos. To be instructed in the arts, softens the manners and makes men gentle. — Unknown Author
How dangerous it is rashly to adopt the Mosaical institutions [Old Testament teachings of eye for an eye]. Laws might have been proper for a… — Gerald Heaney
Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for a party name? I say democracy is only of use… — Walt Whitman
It has always been like that with changes. In 1913, we established divorce as a right for women in Uruguay. You know what they were… — Jose Mujica
We should ask God to help us toward manners. Inner gifts do not find their way to creatures without just respect. — Unknown Author
Punishments of unreasonable severity, especially where indiscriminately afflicted, have less effect in preventing crimes, and amending the manners of a people, than such as are… — William Blackstone
The American war is over; but this far from being the case with the American revolution. On the contrary, nothing but the first act of… — Benjamin Rush
History is a voice forever sounding across the centuries the laws of right and wrong. Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the… — James Anthony Froude
There are still to be found , or designing men, who stand ready to advocate the paradox of perpetual peace between the states, though dismembered… — Alexander Hamilton
No civilization would ever have been possible without a framework of stability, to provide the wherein for the flux of change. Foremost among the stabilizing… — Hannah Arendt
The basis of good manners is self-reliance. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about… — Richard Whately
Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically - for our mutual good. The lie is the basic building block of good manners.… — Quentin Crisp
Bad manners make a journalist. — Oscar Wilde
The salutory effect of surviving a heart-attack: One felt that nothing mattered beyond kindness, good manners and humour — Hugh Massingberd
There is America, which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners, yet shall,… — Edmund Burke
I have never got a grip on when the past begins or where it ends, but if cities map the past with statues made from… — Deborah Levy
A man who opens a door for a woman or gives up his seat for her-even offering to carry something! Those are country manners that… — Andie MacDowell
In England, we have such good manners that if someone says something impolite, the police will get involved. — Russell Brand
My manners also came from when I was in college and began participating in critiques. You have to speak with someone respectfully about their work… — Tim Gunn
My parents raised me right, so I always open doors for people and try to have good manners. — Matt Bomer
I believe the death of Bobby Kennedy was in many ways the death of decency in America. I think it was the death of manners… — Emilio Estevez

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