Discovery Quote by Judith Martin

Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way through the world.

— Lord Chesterfield

There is a certain physiognomy in manners.

— Joseph Cook

Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, without them it is like a great rough diamond, very well in a…

— Lord Chesterfield

“Miss Manners corrects only upon request. Then she does it from a distance, with no names attached, and no personal relationship, however distant, between…

— Judith Martin

“manners must be very marked indeed before they cease to be interpreted by preconceptions either confident or distrustful”

— George Eliot

Manners are a way of getting what you want without appearing to be an absolute swine.

— Quentin Crisp

Manners require showing consideration of all human beings, not just the ones to whom one is close.

— Judith Martin

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

“All manners are not created equal and can conjure different interpretations based on the environment in which they are being displayed.”

— Susan C. Young

Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at all, and…

— Flannery O'Connor

Good manners consist of doing precisely what everyone thinks should be done, especially when no one knows quite what that is.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Manners aim to facilitate life, to get rid of impediments, and bring the man pure to energize. They aid our dealing and conversation, as…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson