Michel de Montaigne Quotes

People don't know how to behave in public anymore.

In England, we have such good manners that if someone says something impolite, the police will get involved.

Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not what is contrary to propriety; make no movement which is contrary to propriety.

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

Every member present must behave like a gentleman, and those who are not must try to.

The American sense of decorum is falling apart.

All of us... anyone that's been in Fleetwood Mac, as far as I've been aware, has been seemingly pretty well brought up by their parents: not goody two-shoes - God knows we weren't - but there was a level of civility that the lads in the band were aware of, what is over the brink of decency.

Morals are three-quarters manners.

A moral, sensible, and well-bred manWill not affront me, and no other can.

Howard and Shirley were clothed, always, in an invisible layer of decorum that they never laid aside.

Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted to keep a sterling reputation.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Observe decorum, and it will open a path to morality.

Fits did not go over well in my house. There was a lot of discipline and obedience and you had to be very ladylike. Ladies didn't curse and I still don't curse in front of my parents.

We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.

Those expressions are omitted which can not with propriety be read aloud in the family.

To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all.

People are pretty respectful for the most part.

Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.

Civility is not simply about manners.

I try to preserve whatever balance society has between public and personal life. I never try to eat on the subway. I never try to listen to loud music on the subway.

I'm a gentleman, if nothing else. It's taken me years to become one, but finally I have a sense of propriety.

You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.

We don't have spittoons on street corners any more. It's no longer acceptable to spit on the street.

A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too much.