Confucius Quotes

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

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

I am a gentleman. My natural inclination is to be on my best behavior.

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

Gentlemen don't do that.

There used to be an art form called the 'comedy of manners.' Why aren't comedies of manners made now in this country? The answer is simple. We no longer have manners to speak of.

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

Morals are three-quarters manners.

Good manners can render even virtue tolerable.

Good manners are a part of good morals.

Courtesy is a lady's armor.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

I'm a gentleman.

A gentleman never talks about his tailor.

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

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.

A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.

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.