Character Quote by Oscar Wilde

Society, civilized society at least, is never very ready to believe anything to the detriment of those who are both rich and fascinating. It…

— Oscar Wilde

“It feels instinctively that manners are of more importance than morals,”

— Oscar Wilde

“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

Good manners can render even virtue tolerable.

— Mason Cooley

“without good manners, human society would be intolerable and impossible”

— George Bernard Shaw

The finest manners in the world are awkwardness and fatuity when contrasted with a finer intelligence. They appear but as the fashions of past…

— Henry David Thoreau

Good manners are a part of good morals.

— Richard Whately

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

— Freya Stark

“Politeness must be cultivated, for the promptings of nature are eminently selfish, and courtesy and good-breeding are only attainable by effort and discipline. But…

— Arthur Martine

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

— Sydney Smith

Manners are not idle, but the fruit of loyal and of noble mind.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson