Well Bred Quotes

27 quotes by 23 authors

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but… — Henri Frederic Amiel
There is one topic peremptorily forbidden to all well-bred, to all rational mortals, namely, their distempers. If you have not slept or if you have… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway — George Santayana
We are being at once wisely aware of our own frivolity if we avoid hitting and whacking and prefer 'striking' and 'smiting'; talk and chat… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I look upon logical proofs the way a well-bred girl looks upon a love letter — Johann Georg Hamann
All well bred men should have mastered the art of singing and dancing. — Plato
Observe it, the vulgar often laugh, but never smile, whereas well-bred people often smile, and seldom or never laugh. A witty thing never excited laughter,… — Lord Chesterfield
For of all gainful professions, nothing is better, nothing more pleasing, nothing more delightful, nothing better becomes a well-bred man than #â€Ž agriculture — Marcus Tullius Cicero
In sitcoms, the women are so beautiful, understanding and well-bred. They have humor, but sort of display it with a twinkle of the eye and… — Bea Arthur
None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault, or acknowledge himself in an error. — Benjamin Franklin
Among well bred people a mutual deference is affected, contempt for others is disguised; authority concealed; attention given to each in his turn; and an… — David Hume
It has been said that good prose should resemble the conversation of a well-bred man. — W. Somerset Maugham
No man in his heart is quite so cynical as a well-bred woman. — W. Somerset Maugham
He is not well bred, that cannot bear ill breeding in others — Benjamin Franklin
The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again, pronounce a text, Cry hem; and reading what they never wrote… — William Cowper
The superior excellence imputed to the book, which imitates the products of antique and obsolete processes, is conceived to be chiefly a superior utility in… — Thorstein Veblen
No dog is as well bred or as well mannered or as distinguished and handsome. — Eugene O'Neill
No matter what Aristotle and the Philosophers say, nothing is equal to tobacco; it's the passion of the well-bred, and he who lives without tobacco… — Moliere
No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain; all real deformity means want for manners or of heart. — John Ruskin
The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves. — Oscar Wilde

Who Wrote These Well Bred Quotes

23 authors contributed a total of 27 Well Bred Quotes as follows: