Marguerite Gardiner Quotes

Politeness is half good manners and half good lying.

Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying.

Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.

I never speak ill of dead people or live judges.

Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy.

Treating everyone with dignity and respect is of utmost importance to me and are values we instill and take very seriously at Mylan.

Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

Maybe the Dalai Lama is the only person who is totally honest, and even with him, he's skillful not to hurt anybody. He's skillful.

When you're going into an employment environment that looks pretty scary, it is easy to lose your moral compass, your decency, your sense of civility and your sense of community.

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.

Society can exist only on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly what he thinks.

Women want honesty but sometimes get upset if you are honest, so you need to know when to be honest.

You have to steer a course between not appalling people, but at the same time not misleading them.

Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest.

Be good to people, be kind to people, show up, read the lines, hit the mark, and go home.

So I think it's better to say something than not to say anything at all, even to an ignorant person.

Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.

I don't want to go about offending people; that's not my plan.

One of your tasks is to separate the 'personal' from the 'substantive.' The two can become confused, especially if someone rubs the President wrong.

It is safest to be moderately base - to be flexible in shame, and to be always ready for what is generous, good, and just, when anything is to be gained by virtue.

There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart - never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true; never to tell even that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening.

I think what is British about me is my feelings and awareness of others and their situations. English people are always known to be well mannered and cold but we are not cold - we don't interfere in your situation. If we are heartbroken, we don't scream in your face with tears - we go home and cry on our own.

Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them.