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[ ... ]One pretends that manners are the formalisation of basic kindness and consideration, but a great deal of the time they're simply aesthetics dressed up as moral principles, aren't they? By Zoe Heller Consideration Principles Pretends Manners Formalisation

Like language, a code of manners can be used with more or less skill, for laudable or for evil purposes, to express a great variety of ideas and emotions. In itself, it carries no moral value, but ignorance in use of this tool is not a sign of virtue. By Judith Martin Language Skill Purposes Emotions Code

The underlying principles of manners- respect, fairness, and congeniality. By Judith Martin Respect Fairness Manners Congeniality Underlying

Control thy lingo and mind thy demeanor in synonymy with the social etiquette, By Mukesh Kwatra Control Etiquette Thy Lingo Mind

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts. By Madame De Stael Politeness Thoughts Art Choosing

Among the arts of conversation no one pleases more than mutual deference or civility, which leads us to resign our own inclinations to those of our companions, and to curb and conceal that presumption and arrogance so natural to the human mind. By David Hume Civility Companions Mind Arts Conversation

Manners require showing consideration of all human beings, not just the ones to whom one is close. By Judith Martin Manners Close Require Showing Consideration

Let us not demeanor or belittle. Rather, let us be compassionate and encouraging,. We must be careful that we do not destroy another person's confidence through careless words. or actions. By Thomas S. Monson Belittle Demeanor Encouraging Actions Compassionate

This laudable quality is commonly known by the name of Manners and Good-breeding, and consists in a Fashionable Habit, acquir'd by Precept and Example, of flattering the Pride and Selfishness of others, and concealing our own with Judgment and Dexterity. By Bernard De Mandeville Goodbreeding Habit Dexterity Manners Fashionable

Anyone becomes mannered if you think too much about what other people think. By Kim Gordon Mannered People

Bowing, ceremonious, formal compliments, stiff civilities, will never be politeness; that must be easy, natural, unstudied; and what will give this but a mind benevolent and attentive to exert that amiable disposition in trifles to all you converse and live with? By William Pitt, 1St Earl Of Chatham Bowing Ceremonious Natural Unstudied Formal

Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe. By Edmund Burke Manners Laws Importance Steady Uniform

Good manners, to those one does not love, are no more a breach of truth, than "your humble servant," at the bottom of a challengeis; they are universally agreed upon, and understand to be things of course. They are necessary guards of the decency and peace of society. By Lord Chesterfield Good Manners Love Truth Servant

Nowadays, when more subtle studies and more refined taste have reduced the art of pleasing into principles, a vile and misleading uniformity governs our customs, and all minds seem to have been cast in the same mould: incessantly politeness makes demands, propriety issues orders, and incessantly people follow customary usage, never their own inclinations. One does not dare to appear as what one is. And in this perpetual constraint, men who make up this herd we call society, placed in the same circumstances, will all do the same things, unless more powerful motives prevent them. Thus, one will never know well the person one is dealing with. By Jean-Jacques Rousseau Incessantly Nowadays Principles Customs Mould

The basis of good manners is self-reliance. By Ralph Waldo Emerson Selfreliance Basis Good Manners

We elevate the status of others with compliments, flattery, ingratiating comments, public roasts, awards, and outright praise and adoration. People around the world systematically use the tactics of politeness - hesitations, indirectness, apologies, formalities - when speaking with higher-status individuals. These subtle shifts in phrasing, syntax, and delivery convey the respect that the speaker feels toward the recipient. By Dacher Keltner Flattery Awards Compliments Ingratiating Comments

Manners make often fortunes. By John Ray Manners Fortunes Make

It is helpful to know the proper way to behave, so one can decide whether or not to be proper. By Gail Carson Levine Proper Behave Helpful Decide

The finest manners in the world are awkwardness and fatuity when contrasted with a finer intelligence. They appear but as the fashions of past days,mere courtliness, knee-buckles and small- clothes, out of date. By Henry David Thoreau Intelligence Finest Manners World Awkwardness

One's appearance bespeaks dignity corresponding to the depth of his character. One's concentrated effort, serene attitude, taciturn air, courteous disposition, thoroughly polite bearing, gritted teeth with a piercing look - each of these reveals dignity. Such outward appearance, in short, comes from constant attentiveness and seriousness. By Yamamoto Tsunetomo Character Dignity Bespeaks Depth Appearance

Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the room. By Jonathan Swift Good Converse People Manners Art

Manners can make a very uncomfortable situation more tolerable. By Grace Lozada Manners Tolerable Make Uncomfortable Situation

Manners or etiquette ('accessibility, affability, politeness, refinement, propriety, courtesy, and ingratiating and captivating behavior') call for no large measure of moral determination and cannot, therefore, be reckoned as virtues. Even though manners are no virtues, they are a means of developing virtue ... The more we refine the crude elements in our nature, the more we improve our humanity and the more capable it grows of feeling the driving force of virtuous principles. By Immanuel Kant Accessibility Affability Politeness Refinement Propriety

Good manners reflect something from inside-an innate sense of consideration for others and respect for self. By Emily Post Good Manners Reflect Insidean Innate

Morals refine manners, as manners refine morals. By Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach Morals Refine Manners

Nor do we accept, as genuine the person not characterized by this blushing bashfulness, this youthfulness of heart, this sensibility to the sentiment of suavity and self-respect. Modesty is bred of self-reverence. Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds. None are truly great without this ornament. By Amos Bronson Alcott Accept Bashfulness Heart Selfrespect Genuine

Good manners without sincerity are like a beautiful dead lady," he remarked on suitable occasion. "Straightforwardness without civility is like a surgeon's knife, effective but unpleasant. Candor with courtesy is helpful and admirable. By Paramahansa Yogananda Good Lady Occasion Straightforwardness Manners

Civility is not simply about manners. By Jim Leach Civility Manners Simply

Conduct is more convincing than language. By John Woolman Conduct Language Convincing

Contrary to popular opinion, manners are not a luxury good that's interesting only to those who can afford to think about them. The essence of good manners is not exclusivity, nor exclusion of any kind, but sensitivity. To practice good manners is to confer upon others not just consideration but esteem; it's to bathe others in a commodity best described by noted speller Aretha Franklin. By Henry Alford Manners Good Contrary Opinion Popular

Politeness induces morality. Serenity of manners requires serenity of mind. By Julia Ward Howe Politeness Morality Induces Serenity Mind

We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself. By Louis D. Brandeis Analyze Temper Manner Won Arguments

People who confuse social behavior with manners naturally think of it as something that can be donned and doffed, a fashion that can be copied. But social behavior is nerve and bone, not clothes, and is never just a copy, however derivative it may look. By Nick Joaquin People Doffed Copied Social Behavior

Let a man use great reverence and manners to himself. By Pythagoras Man Great Reverence Manners

What a rare gift, by the by, is that of manners! how difficult to define, how much more difficult to impart! Better for a man to possess them than wealth, beauty, or talent; they will more than supply all. By Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1St Baron Lytton Gift Manners Rare Difficult Beauty

Courtesy is the foundation of all good manners. By William Riley Brooksher Courtesy Manners Foundation Good

Manners are the ability to put someone else at their ease ... by turning any answer into another question. By Tina Brown Manners Ease Question Ability Put

Good manners are not bred in moments, but in years. By Julia Mcnair Wright Good Moments Years Manners Bred

We all do things in a certain individual way, according to our temperaments. Every human act - no matter how large or how small - is a direct expression of a man's personality, and bears the inevitable impress of his nature. By S. S. Van Dine Temperaments Things Individual Act Small

The great secret ... is not having bad manners or good manners ... but having the same manner for all human souls. By George Bernard Shaw Secret Great Bad Good Manners

Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society. By Alexander Mccall Smith Manners Society Basic Building Blocks

Politeness is the chief sign of culture. By Baltasar Gracian Politeness Culture Chief Sign

Courtesy and kindness cultivate confidence with good Netiquette. Doing things right makes you feel good. By David Chiles Netiquette Courtesy Good Kindness Cultivate

The truest politeness comes of sincerity. By Samuel Smiles Sincerity Truest Politeness

One of the major mistakes people make is that they think manners are only the expression of happy ideas. There's a whole range of behavior that can be expressed in a mannerly way. That's what civilization is all about - doing it in a mannerly and not an antagonistic way. One of the places we went wrong was the naturalistic, Rousseauean movement of the Sixties in which people said, "Why can't you just say what's on your mind?" In civilization there have to be some restraints. If we followed every impulse, we'd be killing one another. By Judith Martin Ideas Major Mistakes Make Manners

That roguish and cheerful vice, politeness. By Friedrich Nietzsche Politeness Vice Roguish Cheerful

The forms of manners which should be scrupulously observed are, invariably, those which contribute to the comfort, or dignity of others. By Josephine Ross Invariably Comfort Forms Manners Scrupulously

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax. By Arthur Schopenhauer Politeness Wax Human Nature Warmth

Politeness is deception in pretty packaging. By Veronica Roth Politeness Packaging Deception Pretty

True politeness is to social life what oil is to machinery, a thing to oil the ruts and grooves of existence. False politeness can shine without warming and glitter without vivifying. By Frances Harper Oil True Machinery Existence Politeness

Politeness of mind consists in thinking chaste and refined thoughts. By Francois De La Rochefoucauld Politeness Thoughts Mind Consists Thinking

In my book, all manners are is thinking of somebody else. By Penelope Keith Book Manners Thinking

Manners,[ ... ] are severly underappreciated in my opinion"."Oh?"Where practiced well, they remove the probability that someone in my position will be forced to go through the effort of killing someone in yours. Belive that on occasion that much death can become tedious. By Michelle Sagara West Manners Opinion Severly Underappreciated Practiced

But politeness and candour run together, when one is not fitting neither is the other. Then the occasion calls for silence, that frail partition between the ill-concealed and the ill-revealed, the clumsily false and the unavoidably so. By Samuel Beckett Politeness Candour Run Fitting Silence

Expecting conceit they found courtesy. Expecting arrogance they found a man concerned with people's thoughts and feelings. By Jackie Collins Expecting Courtesy Found Conceit Feelings

Mannerism, especially when it takes the form of recurrent word or phrase, is by no means easy to represent; there is but a hair's breadth between the point at which the reader delightfully recognizes is as a revealing habit of speech, and the point at which its iteration begin to weary him. By Mary Lascelles Point Mannerism Phrase Represent Speech

Manners are like primary colors, there are certain rules and once you have these you merely mix, i.e., adapt, them to meet changing situations. By Emily Post Adapt Manners Colors Mix Situations

True courtesy ... is real kindness kindly expressed. By Julia Mcnair Wright True Courtesy Expressed Real Kindness

Manners make the world work. They're not only based on kindness but also efficiency. When people know what to do, the world is smoother. When no one knows what to do, it's chaos. By Letitia Baldrige Manners Work World Make Efficiency

Good manners are a sign of strength. By Dick Francis Good Strength Manners Sign

It's interesting to observe that almost all truly worthy men have simple manners, and that simple manners are almost always taken as a sign of little worth By Giacomo Leopardi Simple Manners Worth Interesting Observe

The soul of politeness is not a question of rules but of tranquility, humility, and simplicity. And in the taking of tea it finds perhaps its most perfect expression. By Dorothea Johnson Humility Tranquility Simplicity Soul Politeness

In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue. By Thomas Jefferson Truth Politeness Humor Virtue Artificial

manner when thou wast his butler. By Anonymous Manner Butler Thou Wast

Civility and etiquette, gentlemen, are all important. By Hal Duncan Gentlemen Civility Etiquette Important

Manners are nothing more than thinking about somebody else. By Letitia Baldrige Manners Thinking

Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at all, and because we are losing our customary manners, we are probably overly conscious of them; this seems to be a condition that produces writers. By Flannery O'connor Manners Great Consequence Novelist Kind

The Master said, 'Respectfulness, without the rules of propriety, becomes laborious bustle; carefulness, without the rules of propriety, becomes timidity; boldness, without the rules of propriety, becomes insubordination; straightforwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness. By Confucius Propriety Rules Respectfulness Master Carefulness

Mannerism always wants to be finished and doesn't enjoy the process. Genuine, truly great talent, however, finds its greatest satisfaction in the production. By Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Mannerism Process Genuine Finished Enjoy

Natural dignity of mind or manners can never be concealed; it ever commands our respect: assumed dignity, or importance, excites our ridicule and contempt. By Joseph R. Bartlett Natural Concealed Respect Assumed Importance

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage. By Theodore Roosevelt Courtesy Courage Mark Gentleman

The only true source of politeness is consideration. By William Gilmore Simms Consideration True Source Politeness

You may wonder why a question of manners has got me so exercised. It's because I believe in a simple rule. If you see a person you know behave unreasonably to someone else, you can bet your last pound that before long he'll be behaving like that to you. By Daniel Finkelstein Exercised Question Manners Rule Simple

Modesty, not temper. By George Eliot Modesty Temper

The simplest way that respect is communicated is through tone of voice, By Malcolm Gladwell Voice Simplest Respect Communicated Tone

Untimely conduct is the discord of manners. By Louise Colet Untimely Manners Conduct Discord

There is no outward sign of true courtesy that does not rest on a deep moral foundation. By Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Foundation Outward Sign True Courtesy

Dressing effectively is a kind of excellent manners. By Tom Ford Dressing Manners Effectively Kind Excellent

Good manners are a part of good morals. By Richard Whately Morals Good Manners Part

True politeness is consideration for the opinions of others. It has been said of dogmatism that it is only puppyism come to its full growth; and certainly the worst form this quality can assume is that of opinionativeness and arrogance. By Samuel Smiles True Politeness Consideration Opinions Growth

Good manners are a combination of intelligence, education, taste and style mixed together so that you don't need any of those things. By P. J. O'rourke Education Good Intelligence Taste Things

Manner may fall from Heaven but you still need to pick it up. By Matshona Dhliwayo Heaven Manner Fall Pick

It is good manners, not rank, wealth, or beauty, that constitute the real lay. By Roger Ascham Wealth Manners Rank Beauty Lay

By a kind of fashionable discipline, the eye is taught to brighten, the lip to smile, and the whole countenance to emanate with the semblance of friendly welcome, while the bosom is unwarmed by a single spark of genuine kindness and good-will. By Washington Irving Discipline Brighten Smile Goodwill Kind

Dignity of manner always conveys a sense of reserved force. By Amos Bronson Alcott Dignity Force Manner Conveys Sense

The best idea ever thought of in the history of humanity is useless unless someone communicates it. It will die in the test tube. And in our case, what we're communicating here to people is not necessarily something they want to hear. And so, our demeanor - how we deliver this message - takes on crucial, crucial importance. By Phil Plait Idea Thought History Humanity Useless

But we know in the South that the real purpose of manners is to make life easier for everyone, easier both to keep to oneself and to avoid the uneasy commerce of offense and even insult. Either one shakes hands with someone or one ignores him or one kills him. What else is there? By Walker Percy South Easier Insult Real Purpose

Among well bred people a mutual deference is affected, contempt for others is disguised; authority concealed; attention given to each in his turn; and an easy stream of conversation maintained without vehemence, without interruption, without eagerness for victory, and without any airs of superiority. By David Hume Affected Contempt Disguised Authority Concealed

It seems to me that the spirit of politeness is a certain attention in causing that, by our words and by our manners, others may be content with us and with themselves. By Jean De La Bruyere Manners Spirit Politeness Attention Causing

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals. By Horace Mann Manners Morals Easily Rapidly Mature

In life courtesy and self-possession, and in the arts style, are the sensible impressions of the free mind, for both arise out of a deliberate shaping of all things and from never being swept away, whatever the emotion into confusion or dullness. By William Butler Yeats Selfpossession Style Mind Dullness Life

Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience. By Theodore Roosevelt Politeness Dignity Subservience Sign

I have discovered a universal rule which seems to apply more than any other in all human actions or words: namely, to steer away from affectation at all costs, as if it were a rough and dangerous reef, and (to use perhaps a novel word for it) to practise in all things a certain nonchalance [sprezzatura] which conceals all artistry and makes whatever one says or does seem uncontrived and effortless. By Baldassare Castiglione Sprezzatura Costs Reef Nonchalance Effortless

I think the most important manner is just general kindness. When you go to big cities, sometimes people forget to just say, "Good morning," or "How are you?" By Jaime King Kindness Good Important Manner General

Courteousness is consideration for others; politeness is the method used to deliver such considerations. By Bryant H. Mcgill Courteousness Politeness Method Deliver Consideration

It feels instinctively that manners are of more importance than morals, By Oscar Wilde Morals Feels Instinctively Manners Importance

The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones. By Wendell Willkie Test Good Manners Put Pleasantly

Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners By Laurence Sterne Respect Guides Morals Manners

One must place one's principles in big things. For the small, graciousness will suffice. By Albert Camus Things Place Principles Big Small

The Four Virtuesvirtue, demeanor, speech, and work. By Lisa See Demeanor Speech Virtuesvirtue Work