Bottom Quote by Lord Chesterfield

“Good manners without sincerity are like a beautiful dead lady. Straightforwardness without civility is like a surgeon's knife, effective but unpleasant. Candor with courtesy…

— Yukteswar Giri

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 an admission that everybody is so tender that they have to be handled with gloves. Now, human respect—you don't call a…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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

— Sydney Smith

Good manners without sincerity are like a beautiful dead lady,

— Anonymous

The underlying principles of manners- respect, fairness, and congeniality.

— Judith Martin

Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred.

— Bryant H. McGill

Good manners are just a way of showing other people that we have respect for them.

— Bill Kelly

Good manners reflect something from inside-an innate sense of consideration for others and respect for self.

— Emily Post

Good manners are the technique of expressing considerations for the feelings of others.

— Alice Miller

The challenge of manners is not so much to be nice to someone whose favor and/or person you covet (although more people need to…

— Judith Martin

Too many people think that "good manners" are about subjugating yourself to others. Not true. Respect, and just as important, self-respect are two key…

— Steven Petrow