Manners Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Manners.
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“Cooperation”
“Consciousness”
“We call it only pretty Fanny's way.”
“Ut homo est, ita morem geras.”
“Quæ fuerant vitia mores sunt.”
“The mildest manners with the bravest mind.”
“Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.”
“Obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit.”
“Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.”
“He was so generally civil, that nobody thanked him for it.”
“Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.”
“Good manners without sincerity are like a beautiful dead lady.”
“Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.”
“Life is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy.”
“Her manners had not that repose
Which stamps the caste of Vere de Vere.”
“Now as to politeness … I would venture to call it benevolence in trifles.”
“He was the mildest manner'd man
That ever scuttled ship or cut a throat.”
“A moral, sensible, and well-bred man
Will not affront me, and no other can.”
“Ecrivez les injures sur le sable,
Mais les bienfaits sur le marbre.”
“Etiquette...means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.”