Behavior Quote by Robert Silverberg

Good manners disappear in proportion as the influence of a Court and an exclusive aristocracy lessens; this decrease can be plainly observed from decade…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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

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

“The aristocracy and the ordinary people were like different species. A commoner might rarely be elevated to nobility by acquiring great wealth or political…

— James Essinger

“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

The fact is, society is made more hospitable by every individual who acts as if 'do unto others' really was a rule.

— Gary Hamel

The aristocrat, when he wants to, has very good manners. The Scottish upper classes, in particular, have that shell-shocked look that probably comes from…

— Jilly Cooper

Society cannot exist without etiquette ... It never has, and until our own century, everybody knew that.

— Judith Martin

The line between the public life and the private life has been erased, due to the rapid decline of manners and courtesy. There is…

— Fannie Flagg

What, in the name of common-sense, had I to do with any better society than I had always lived in?

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Aristocrats don't notice philosophical conundra. They just ignore them. Philosophy includes contemplating the possibility that you might be wrong, sir, and a real aristocrat…

— Terry Pratchett