Quotes
Quotes about Manners
The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne;
For a man by nothing is so well bewrayed
As by his manners.
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.
In the reign of Charles II. a certain worthy divine at Whitehall thus addressed himself to the auditory at the conclusion of his sermon: "In short, if you don't live up to the precepts of the Gospel, but abandon yourselves to your irregular appetites, you must expect to receive your reward in a certain place which 't is not good manners to mention here."
Eye Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies,
And catch the manners living as they rise;
Laugh where we must, be candid where we can,
But vindicate the ways of God to man.
Manners with fortunes, humours turn with climes,
Tenets with books, and principles with times.
Of manners gentle, of affections mild;
In wit a man, simplicity a child.
The mildest manners, and the gentlest heart.
The mildest manners with the bravest mind.
Manners must adorn knowledge, and smooth its way through the world. Like a great rough diamond, it may do very well in a closet by way of curiosity, and also for its intrinsic value.
That saw the manners in the face.
I love everything that's old: old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.
There is America, which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners, yet shall, before you taste of death, show itself equal to the whole of that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world.
I would not enter on my list of friends
(Though graced with polish'd manners and fine sense,
Yet wanting sensibility) the man
Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Her air, her manners, all who saw admir'd;
Courteous though coy, and gentle though retir'd;
The joy of youth and health her eyes display'd,
And ease of heart her every look convey'd.
Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.
Her manners had not that repose
Which stamps the caste of Vere de Vere.
Much have I seen and known; cities of men
And manners, climates, councils, governments;
And much delight of battle with my peers
Far on the ringing plains of windy Troy.
Ring in the nobler modes of life
With sweeter manners, purer laws.
For manners are not idle, but the fruit
Of loyal nature and of noble mind.
Much like the French (or like ourselves, their apes),
Who with strange habit do disguise their shapes;
Who loving novels, full of affectation,
Receive the manners of each other nation.
Evil communications corrupt good manners.
A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.
Young man, there is America--which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners; yet shall, before you taste of death, show itself equal to the whole that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world.
His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand; His manners were gentle, complying, and bland; Still born to improve in every part, His pencil out faces, his manners are heart.
Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners.
