Breeding Quote by Stanisław I Leszczyński

There is an ill-breeding to which, whatever our rank and nature, we are almost equally sensitive, the ill-breeding that comes from want of consideration…

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.

— Anonymous

Humans are suspicious and jealous creatures. When they see something perfect, they want to find a flaw.

— Gosho Aoyama

Good breeding consists in having no particular mark of any profession, but a general elegance of manners.

— Samuel Johnson

“We make it especially hard for others to observe our trait when it means we are observing and not "behaving," at least at first.…

— Elaine N. Aron

“Another useful point to bear in mind: What qualities has nature given us to counter that defect? As an antidote to unkindness it gave…

— Marcus Aurelius

Defect in manners is usually the defect of fine perceptions. Men are too coarsely made for the delicacy of beautiful carriage and customs. It…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

When the defects of others are perceived with so much clarity, it is because one possesses them oneself.

— Jules Renard

By nature servile, people attempt at first glance to find signs of good breeding in the appearance of those who occupy more exalted stations.

— Anton Chekhov

Good manners come, as we say, from good breeding or rather are good breeding; and breeding is acquired by habitual action, in response to…

— John Dewey

A concern with the perfectibility of mankind is always a symptom of thwarted or perverted development.

— Hugh Kingsmill

We are not only gregarious animals, liking to be in sight of our fellows, but we have an innate propensity to get ourselves noticed,…

— William James