Manners Quotes
43 quotations about Manners
Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.
The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.
It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.
Manners must adorn knowledge, and smooth its way through the world.
Ceremony is necessary as the outwork and defense of manners.
A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.
Consideration for others is the basic of a good life, a good society.
Manners are love in a cool climate.
Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.
Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
If a man has good manners and is not afraid of other people he will get by, even if he is stupid.
Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.
Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.
The basis of good manners is self-reliance.
Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.
Teach your child to hold his tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak.
Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
Politeness is the flower of humanity.
Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within.
It is more comfortable for me, in the long run, to be rude than polite.
If you would win the world, melt it, do not hammer it.
Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.
Manners make the person.