Baltasar Gracian Quotes

There's a civility that has always been a part of me.

Courtesy is a lady's armor.

I think the thing I miss most in our age is our manners. It sounds so old-fashioned in a way. But even bad people had good manners in the old days, and manners hold a community together, and manners hold a family together; in a way, they hold the world together.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

I don't ever knock anybody; that's bad manners.

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

The only true source of politeness is consideration.

The more you act like a lady, the more he'll act like a gentleman.

I'm a gentleman.

I find it upsetting to see the erosion of manners. It's very scary. Where are the 'pleases' and 'thank yous?'

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.

Persian social manners are well known, and there is no other society that can compete with them.

I've met the Queen a couple of times, and she's been delightful. In fact, I often find myself thinking: 'What would the Queen do in this situation? Write a thank-you note? Yes, I'll do that.' She's all about courtesy.

People are pretty respectful for the most part.

All doors open to courtesy.

Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.

If you're not a nice person, don't call.

Civility is not simply about manners.

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.

A man needs to be polite, not just to me but to everyone. I watch that. How does he treat the waiter? How does he treat the coat-check girl? How does he treat the driver?

I'm very much a gentleman in what I do.

I have never really encountered anybody that was rude to me. Well, not to my face anyway.

Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred.

I was brought up to be a gentleman. That means you know how to walk, talk and dress the part.

Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.