Manners Quotes

43 quotations about Manners
Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.
Honore De Balzac · Manners
The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.
Malcolm Bradbury · Manners
It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
John Cassis · Manners
A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.
Lord Chesterfield · Manners
Manners must adorn knowledge, and smooth its way through the world.
Lord Chesterfield · Manners
Ceremony is necessary as the outwork and defense of manners.
Lord Chesterfield · Manners
A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.
Marcus T. Cicero · Manners
Consideration for others is the basic of a good life, a good society.
Confucius · Manners
Manners are love in a cool climate.
Quentin Crisp · Manners
Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.
Will Cuppy · Manners
Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
Benjamin Disraeli · Manners
If a man has good manners and is not afraid of other people he will get by, even if he is stupid.
David Eccles · Manners
Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.
Ralph Waldo Emerson · Manners
Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.
Ralph Waldo Emerson · Manners
The basis of good manners is self-reliance.
Ralph Waldo Emerson · Manners
Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.
Benjamin Franklin · Manners
Teach your child to hold his tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak.
Benjamin Franklin · Manners
Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
Oliver Goldsmith · Manners
Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
Eric Hoffer · Manners
Politeness is the flower of humanity.
Joseph Joubert · Manners
Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within.
Jean De La Bruyere · Manners
It is more comfortable for me, in the long run, to be rude than polite.
Wyndham Lewis · Manners
If you would win the world, melt it, do not hammer it.
Alexander Maclaren · Manners
Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.
Horace Mann · Manners
Manners make the person.
Motto · Manners

Authors on Manners

Honore De Balzac Malcolm Bradbury John Cassis Lord Chesterfield Marcus T. Cicero Confucius Quentin Crisp Will Cuppy Benjamin Disraeli David Eccles Ralph Waldo Emerson Benjamin Franklin Oliver Goldsmith Eric Hoffer Joseph Joubert Jean De La Bruyere Wyndham Lewis Alexander Maclaren Horace Mann Motto