Existence Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Manners maketh man”

— Tillie Cole

One reason that the task of inventing manners is so difficult is that etiquette is folk custom, and people have emotional ties to the…

— Judith Martin

Manners are very communicable: men catch them from each other.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man.

— Richard Whately

Formalized rules of manners were so great because they left no room for basic human haplessness. They allowed us to circumvent our natural boorish…

— Lynn Coady

I think the thing I miss most in our age is our manners. It sounds so old-fashioned in a way. But even bad people…

— Nancy Friday

It's interesting to observe that almost all truly worthy men have simple manners, and that simple manners are almost always taken as a sign…

— Giacomo Leopardi

“While good old-fashioned manners and etiquette have worked for centuries, new standards and expectations have come into play with the modern world. Behaviors which…

— Susan C. Young

Manners form the great charm of women.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Sometimes I pine for the era of Miss Manners, when there were hard and fast rules dictating a well-bred individual's behaviour in any given…

— Lynn Coady

“If "Manners maketh man," as someone said Then he's the hero of the day It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile Be…

— Sting

Beware of a man with manners.

— Eudora Welty