Awkwardness Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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

Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each one a stroke of genius or of love, now repeated and hardened into usage, they…

— Dorian Cox

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

— Sydney Smith

Good manners are a combination of intelligence, education, taste and style mixed together so that you don't need any of those things.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

— 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

“The elegance of etiquette is a timeless expression of class which transcends social status, demographics, educational level, and ethnicity. Good manners say more about…

— Susan C. Young

Manners are like zero in arithmetic. They may not be much in themselves, but they are capable of adding a great deal of value…

— Freya Stark

Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything.

— Evelyn Waugh

Good manners on a man are like wearing an exquisite suit. They never go out of style

— Coco Chanel

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

— Sydney Smith